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System Properties Comparison CrateDB vs. GridGain

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NameCrateDB  Xexclude from comparisonGridGain  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed Database based on LuceneGridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache Ignite
Primary database modelDocument store
Time Series DBMS
Key-value store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score0.96
Rank#234  Overall
#35  Document stores
#17  Time Series DBMS
Score2.31
Rank#145  Overall
#26  Key-value stores
#70  Relational DBMS
Websitecrate.iowww.gridgain.com
Technical documentationcrate.io/­-docswww.gridgain.com/­docs/­latest
DeveloperCrateGridGain Systems, Inc.
Initial release20132007
Current releaseGridGain 8.5.1
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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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 languageJavaJava, C++, .Net
Server operating systemsAll Operating Systems, including Kubernetes with CrateDB Kubernetes Operator supportLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes
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.noyes
Secondary indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, but no triggers and constraints, and PostgreSQL compatibilityANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDL
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
RESTful HTTP API
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
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++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions (Javascript)yes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)
Triggersnoyes (cache interceptors and events)
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesConfigurable replication on table/partition-levelyes (replicated cache)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Read-after-write consistency on record level
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono
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 strategyACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsSecurity Hooks for custom implementations
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CrateDBGridGain
Specific characteristicsCrateDB is an open-source distributed SQL database that spreads data and processing...
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Competitive advantagesCrateDB is typically used in operational analytics applications. In those scenarios,...
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Typical application scenariosCrateDB is ideal for integrating and analyzing streams of data in order to monitor,...
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Key customersCrateDB customers include Bitmovin , ALPLA , Gantner Instruments , SPGo! , TGW Logistics...
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Market metricsThe CrateDB open source project was started in 2013 Honorable Mention in 2021 Gartner®...
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Licensing and pricing modelsCrateDB Cloud The efficiency & range of CrateDB in the Cloud CrateDB Edge brings...
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Conferences and events

CrateDB Workshop – Hands-on learning experience that introduces the fundamental concepts of CrateDB through 4 modules!
Online Workshop, 2:00 pm CEST, 28 June 2023

Finished events

Mastering Event Monitoring using Prometheus and Grafana with CrateDB Cloud
Virtual Live Demo, 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm CET, 31 May 2023 (finished)

Recent citations in the news

Real-Time Analytics Database Company CrateDB Names Lars ...
1 March 2023, Business Wire

Crate.io Expands CrateDB Cloud with the Launch of CrateDB Edge
15 April 2021, GlobeNewswire

Crate.io Introduces CrateDB 2.0 Enterprise and Open Source Editions
16 May 2017, Business Wire

Crate.io raises $10M to grow its database platform
15 June 2021, VentureBeat

CrateDB Tackles Machine Analytics with Scale-Out SQL Database
14 December 2016, Datanami

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GridGain Releases Conference Schedule for Virtual Apache Ignite ...
1 June 2023, GlobeNewswire

GridGain Announces Silver Sponsorship of the Gartner Data ...
17 May 2023, GlobeNewswire

In Memory Computing Market to Get an Excellent Growth by 2023 ...
6 June 2023, Digital Journal

GridGain Continues to Deliver Strong Growth in 2022
2 February 2023, GlobeNewswire

GridGain: Product Overview and Analysis - eWEEK
5 June 2019, eWeek

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