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System Properties Comparison Datastax Enterprise vs. EsgynDB vs. FoundationDB vs. GreptimeDB vs. SiteWhere

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NameDatastax Enterprise  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparison
Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market. As a consequence, the product was removed from the DB-Engines ranking. In April 2018, Apple open-sourced FoundationDB and it therefore reappears in the ranking.
DescriptionDataStax 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.Enterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionOrdered key-value store. Core features are complimented by layers.An open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series data
Primary database modelWide column storeRelational DBMSDocument store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Time Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score5.80
Rank#60  Overall
#4  Wide column stores
Score0.16
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score1.03
Rank#190  Overall
#31  Document stores
#28  Key-value stores
#89  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#352  Overall
#33  Time Series DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#356  Overall
#35  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.datastax.com/­products/­datastax-enterprisewww.esgyn.cngithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbgreptime.comgithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewhere
Technical documentationdocs.datastax.comapple.github.io/­foundationdbdocs.greptime.comsitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.html
DeveloperDataStaxEsgynFoundationDBGreptime Inc.SiteWhere
Initial release20112015201320222010
Current release6.8, April 20206.2.28, November 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++, JavaC++RustJava
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-free infosome layers support schemasschema-free, schema definition possiblepredefined scheme
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesno infosome layers support typingyesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL); Spark SQLyessupported in specific SQL layer onlyyesno
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language)
TinkerPop Gremlin infowith DSE Graph
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava Stored Proceduresin SQL-layer onlyPython
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infono "single point of failure"ShardingShardingShardingSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesconfigurable replication factor, datacenter aware, advanced replication for edge computingMulti-source replication between multi datacentersyesselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Tunable Consistency infoconsistency level can be individually decided with each write operation
Immediate ConsistencyLinearizable consistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesin SQL-layer onlyno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACIDACIDno
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.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per objectfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoSimple rights management via user accountsUsers with fine-grained authorization concept
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Datastax EnterpriseEsgynDBFoundationDBGreptimeDBSiteWhere
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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