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DBMS > CouchDB vs. Datastax Enterprise vs. GreptimeDB vs. PouchDB vs. Prometheus

System Properties Comparison CouchDB vs. Datastax Enterprise vs. GreptimeDB vs. PouchDB vs. Prometheus

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NameCouchDB infostands for "Cluster Of Unreliable Commodity Hardware"  Xexclude from comparisonDatastax Enterprise  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonPrometheus  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA native JSON - document store inspired by Lotus Notes, scalable from globally distributed server-clusters down to mobile phones.DataStax Enterprise (DSE) is the always-on, scalable data platform built on Apache Cassandra and designed for hybrid Cloud. DSE integrates graph, search, analytics, administration, developer tooling, and monitoring into a unified platform.An open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBOpen-source Time Series DBMS and monitoring system
Primary database modelDocument storeWide column storeTime Series DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infousing the Geocouch extensionDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Vector DBMS
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Trend Chart
Score8.30
Rank#47  Overall
#7  Document stores
Score5.93
Rank#56  Overall
#4  Wide column stores
Score0.12
Rank#351  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score2.34
Rank#112  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score7.69
Rank#50  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
Websitecouchdb.apache.orgwww.datastax.com/­products/­datastax-enterprisegreptime.compouchdb.comprometheus.io
Technical documentationdocs.couchdb.org/­en/­stabledocs.datastax.comdocs.greptime.compouchdb.com/­guidesprometheus.io/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by Damien Katz, a former Lotus Notes developerDataStaxGreptime Inc.Apache Software Foundation
Initial release20052011202220122015
Current release3.3.3, December 20236.8, April 20207.1.1, June 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageErlangJavaRustJavaScriptGo
Server operating systemsAndroid
BSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesnoNumeric data only
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.nonononono infoImport of XML data possible
Secondary indexesyes infovia viewsyesyesyes infovia viewsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL); Spark SQLyesnono
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP/JSON APIProprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language)
TinkerPop Gremlin infowith DSE Graph
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
ColdFusion
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Lua
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
PL/SQL
Python
Ruby
Smalltalk
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript.Net
C++
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresView functions in JavaScriptnoPythonView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoimproved architecture with release 2.0Sharding infono "single point of failure"ShardingSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungeSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
configurable replication factor, datacenter aware, advanced replication for edge computingMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
yes infoby Federation
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Tunable Consistency infoconsistency level can be individually decided with each write operation
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoatomic operations within a single document possibleno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infostrategy: optimistic lockingyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseAccess rights for users can be defined per objectSimple rights management via user accountsnono
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CouchDB infostands for "Cluster Of Unreliable Commodity Hardware"Datastax EnterpriseGreptimeDBPouchDBPrometheus
Specific characteristicsDataStax Enterprise is scale-out data infrastructure for enterprises that need to...
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GreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Competitive advantagesSupporting the following application requirements: Zero downtime - Built on Apache...
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- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Typical application scenariosApplications that must be massively and linearly scalable with 100% uptime and able...
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For IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Key customersCapital One, Cisco, Comcast, eBay, McDonald's, Microsoft, Safeway, Sony, UBS, and...
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Greptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Market metricsAmong the Forbes 100 Most Innovative Companies, DataStax is trusted by 5 of the top...
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GreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Licensing and pricing modelsAnnual subscription
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GreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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