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System Properties Comparison Datomic vs. Graphite vs. GreptimeDB vs. InterSystems Caché vs. TerminusDB

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NameDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityData logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyA multi-model DBMS and application serverScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store
RDF store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.59
Rank#150  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score4.57
Rank#73  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#352  Overall
#33  Time Series DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#325  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.datomic.comgithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webgreptime.comwww.intersystems.com/­products/­cacheterminusdb.com
Technical documentationdocs.datomic.comgraphite.readthedocs.iodocs.greptime.comdocs.intersystems.comterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperCognitectChris DavisGreptime Inc.InterSystemsDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release20122006202219972018
Current release1.0.6735, June 20232018.1.4, May 202011.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJava, ClojurePythonRustProlog, Rust
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
Unix
Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesschema-free, schema definition possibledepending on used data modelyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumeric data onlyyesyesyes
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.nononoyesno
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesyesSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIHTTP API
Sockets
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languagesClojure
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoTransaction FunctionsnoPythonyesyes
TriggersBy using transaction functionsnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersnoneShardingnoneGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersnoneSource-replica replicationJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infolockingyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyesyesyes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes inforecommended only for testing and developmentyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoSimple rights management via user accountsAccess rights for users, groups and rolesRole-based access control
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DatomicGraphiteGreptimeDBInterSystems CachéTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist
Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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