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DBMS > DataFS vs. Dgraph vs. GridDB vs. SiteWhere vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison DataFS vs. Dgraph vs. GridDB vs. SiteWhere vs. SwayDB

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NameDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAll data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.Distributed and scalable native Graph DBMSScalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series dataAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelObject oriented DBMSGraph DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.06
Rank#354  Overall
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Score1.45
Rank#156  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score1.95
Rank#128  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#356  Overall
#35  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#382  Overall
#59  Key-value stores
Websitenewdatabase.comdgraph.iogriddb.netgithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewhereswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspdgraph.io/­docsdocs.griddb.netsitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.html
DeveloperMobiland AGDgraph Labs, Inc.Toshiba CorporationSiteWhereSimer Plaha
Initial release20182016201320102018
Current release1.1.263, October 20225.1, August 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availableOpen Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0Open Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoC++JavaScala
Server operating systemsWindowsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)schema-freeyespredefined schemeschema-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 indexesnoyesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)nono
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
GraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HTTP REST
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono
Triggersno, except callback-events from server when changes happenednoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesProprietary Sharding systemyesShardingSharding infobased on HBasenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via RaftSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor infobased on HBasenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID at container levelnoAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlWindows-Profileno infoPlanned for future releasesAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptno
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DataFSDgraphGridDBSiteWhereSwayDB
Specific characteristicsGridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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Competitive advantages1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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Typical application scenariosFactory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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Key customersDenso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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Market metricsGitHub trending repository
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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