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DBMS > Dgraph vs. Graphite vs. GreptimeDB vs. HEAVY.AI vs. TDSQL for MySQL

System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. Graphite vs. GreptimeDB vs. HEAVY.AI vs. TDSQL for MySQL

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonHEAVY.AI infoFormerly named 'OmniSci', rebranded to 'HEAVY.AI' in March 2022  Xexclude from comparisonTDSQL for MySQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSData 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 high performance, column-oriented RDBMS, specifically developed to harness the massive parallelism of modern CPU and GPU hardwareA high-performance distributed database management system with features such as automatic sharding, intelligent operation and maintenance, elastic scalability without downtime, and enterprise-grade security. It is highly compatible with MySQL.
Primary database modelGraph DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
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Score1.53
Rank#152  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score4.83
Rank#67  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#351  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score1.64
Rank#145  Overall
#67  Relational DBMS
Score0.85
Rank#207  Overall
#97  Relational DBMS
Websitedgraph.iogithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webgreptime.comgithub.com/­heavyai/­heavydb
www.heavy.ai
www.tencentcloud.com/­products/­dcdb
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docsgraphite.readthedocs.iodocs.greptime.comdocs.heavy.aiwww.tencentcloud.com/­document/­product/­1042
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.Chris DavisGreptime Inc.HEAVY.AI, Inc.Tencent
Initial release20162006202220162013
Current release5.10, January 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2; enterprise edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageGoPythonRustC++ and CUDA
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Unix
Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linuxhosted
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleyesyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesyesyes
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
HTTP API
Sockets
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
JDBC
ODBC
Thrift
Vega
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/Thrift
Python
C
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoPythonnoyes
Triggersnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesnoneShardingSharding infoRound robinAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via RaftnoneMulti-source replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infolockingyesyesyes
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.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoPlanned for future releasesnoSimple rights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers with fine-grained authorization concept
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DgraphGraphiteGreptimeDBHEAVY.AI infoFormerly named 'OmniSci', rebranded to 'HEAVY.AI' in March 2022TDSQL for MySQL
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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