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System Properties Comparison CrateDB vs. GeoMesa vs. GridDB vs. NebulaGraph vs. Riak TS

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NameCrateDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonRiak TS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed Database based on LuceneGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Scalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSRiak TS is a distributed NoSQL database optimized for time series data and based on Riak KV
Primary database modelDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Spatial DBMSTime Series DBMSGraph DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
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Score0.73
Rank#224  Overall
#37  Document stores
#5  Spatial DBMS
#16  Search engines
#19  Time Series DBMS
#8  Vector DBMS
Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score1.95
Rank#128  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score2.14
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score0.20
Rank#319  Overall
#27  Time Series DBMS
Websitecratedb.comwww.geomesa.orggriddb.netgithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
Technical documentationcratedb.com/­docswww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmldocs.griddb.netdocs.nebula-graph.iowww.tiot.jp/­riak-docs/­riak/­ts/­latest
DeveloperCrateCCRi and othersToshiba CorporationVesoft Inc.Open Source, formerly Basho Technologies
Initial release20132014201320192015
Current release5.0.0, May 20245.1, August 20223.0.0, September 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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CrateDB Cloud: a distributed SQL database that spreads data and processing across an elastic cluster of shared nothing nodes. CrateDB Cloud enables data insights at scale on Microsoft Azure, AWS and Google Cloud Platform.
Implementation languageJavaScalaC++C++Erlang
Server operating systemsAll Operating Systems, including Kubernetes with CrateDB Kubernetes Operator supportLinuxLinuxLinux
OS X
Data schemeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesyesStrong typed schemaschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampyesno
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
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infoNebula Graph internally uses the Key-Value store RocksDB for persistency. The vertices, edges, and their properties are stored as Key while their values are stored as Value. The primary indexes are per Key and secondary indexes are per Value.restricted
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, but no triggers and constraints, and PostgreSQL compatibilitynoSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)SQL-like query languageyes, limited
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Browser interface
console (shell)
Cypher Query Language
GO Object Graph Mapper
Java Object Graph Mapper
NGBatis infoORM framework for NebulaGraph and Spring-Boot
Proprietary native API
Python Object Graph Mapper
Query language nGQL
HTTP API
Native Erlang Interface
Supported programming languages.NET
Erlang
Go infocommunity maintained client
Java
JavaScript (Node.js) infocommunity maintained client
Perl infocommunity maintained client
PHP
Python
R
Ruby infocommunity maintained client
Scala infocommunity maintained client
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
C infounofficial client library
C#
C++ infounofficial client library
Clojure infounofficial client library
Dart infounofficial client library
Erlang
Go infounofficial client library
Groovy infounofficial client library
Haskell infounofficial client library
Java
JavaScript infounofficial client library
Lisp infounofficial client library
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala infounofficial client library
Smalltalk infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions (Javascript)nonouser defined functionsErlang
Triggersnonoyesyes infopre-commit hooks and post-commit hooks
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingdepending on storage layerShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesConfigurable replication on table/partition-leveldepending on storage layerSource-replica replicationCausal Clustering using Raft protocolselectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsnoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Read-after-write consistency on record level
depending on storage layerImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes infoRelationships in graphsno infolinks between datasets can be stored
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infounique row identifiers can be used for implementing an optimistic concurrency control strategynoACID at container levelACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infousing RocksDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nodepending on storage layeryesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseRole-based access controlno
More information provided by the system vendor
CrateDBGeoMesaGridDBNebulaGraphRiak TS
Specific characteristicsThe enterprise database for time series, documents, and vectors. Distributed - Native...
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GridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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NebulaGraph is a truly distributed, linearly scalable, lightning-fast graph database,...
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Competitive advantagesResponse time in milliseconds: e ven for complex ad-hoc queries. Massive scaling...
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1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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NebulaGraph boasts the world's only graph database solution that is able to host...
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Typical application scenarios​ IoT: accelerate your IIoT projects with CrateDB, delivering real-time analytics...
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Factory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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Social networking Fraud detection Knowledge graph Data warehouse management Anti...
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Key customersAcross all continents, CrateDB is used by companies of all sizes to meet the most...
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Denso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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Companies from a variety of industries have implemented NebulaGraph Database in production,...
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Market metricsThe CrateDB open source project was started in 2013 Honorable Mention in 2021 Gartner®...
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GitHub trending repository
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At our very early stage, NebulaGraph has already received over 10,000 stars on GitHub...
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Licensing and pricing modelsSee CrateDB pricing >
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Open Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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NebulaGraph is open source and free to use under Apache 2.0 license.
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