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System Properties Comparison Derby vs. FoundationDB vs. GridDB vs. SpatiaLite vs. TDengine

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NameDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparisonTDengine  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Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market.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.
DescriptionFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Ordered key-value store. Core features are complimented by layers.Scalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataSpatial extension of SQLiteTime Series DBMS and big data platform
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Time Series DBMSSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.71
Rank#69  Overall
#37  Relational DBMS
Score1.03
Rank#190  Overall
#31  Document stores
#28  Key-value stores
#89  Relational DBMS
Score1.95
Rank#128  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score1.60
Rank#149  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Score2.60
Rank#107  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbygithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbgriddb.netwww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­indexgithub.com/­taosdata/­TDengine
tdengine.com
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlapple.github.io/­foundationdbdocs.griddb.netwww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.htmldocs.tdengine.com
DeveloperApache Software FoundationFoundationDBToshiba CorporationAlessandro FurieriTDEngine, previously Taos Data
Initial release19972013201320082019
Current release10.17.1.0, November 20236.2.28, November 20205.1, August 20225.0.0, August 20203.0, August 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availableOpen Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1Open Source infoAGPL V3, also commercial editions available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++C++C++C
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows
Linuxserver-lessLinux
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free infosome layers support schemasyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesno infosome layers support typingyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampyesyes
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyessupported in specific SQL layer onlySQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)yesStandard SQL with extensions for time-series applications
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresin SQL-layer onlynonono
Triggersyesnoyesyesyes, via alarm monitoring
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyesSource-replica replicationnoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyLinearizable consistencyImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containers
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesin SQL-layer onlynoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID at container levelACID
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.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoAccess rights for users can be defined per databasenoyes
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Derby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDBFoundationDBGridDBSpatiaLiteTDengine
Specific characteristicsGridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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TDengine™ is a next generation data historian purpose-built for Industry 4.0 and...
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Competitive advantages1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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High Performance at any Scale: TDengine is purpose-built for handling massive industrial...
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Typical application scenariosFactory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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TDengine is designed for Industrial IoT scenarios, including: Manufacturing Connected...
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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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TDengine has garnered over 22,500 stars on GitHub and is used in over 50 countries...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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TDengine OSS is an open source, cloud native time series database. It includes built-in...
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