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System Properties Comparison Derby vs. GreptimeDB vs. GridGain vs. Newts vs. SpatiaLite

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NameDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.An open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyGridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache IgniteTime Series DBMS based on CassandraSpatial extension of SQLite
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score4.71
Rank#69  Overall
#37  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#352  Overall
#33  Time Series DBMS
Score1.47
Rank#154  Overall
#26  Key-value stores
#72  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score1.60
Rank#149  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbygreptime.comwww.gridgain.comopennms.github.io/­newtswww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­index
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmldocs.greptime.comwww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmlgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikiwww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.html
DeveloperApache Software FoundationGreptime Inc.GridGain Systems, Inc.OpenNMS GroupAlessandro Furieri
Initial release19972022200720142008
Current release10.17.1.0, November 2023GridGain 8.5.15.0.0, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaRustJava, C++, .NetJavaC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAndroid
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-less
Data schemeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.yesnoyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBCgRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
HTTP REST
Java API
Supported programming languagesJavaC++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored ProceduresPythonyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)nono
Triggersyesyes (cache interceptors and events)noyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingSharding infobased on Cassandranone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes (replicated cache)selectable replication factor infobased on Cassandranone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)nono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACID
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.yesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardSimple rights management via user accountsSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsnono
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Derby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDBGreptimeDBGridGainNewtsSpatiaLite
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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