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DBMS > Dgraph vs. Graphite vs. GridDB vs. PieCloudDB

System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. Graphite vs. GridDB vs. PieCloudDB

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonPieCloudDB  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 WhisperScalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataA cloud-native analytic database platform with new technologoy for elastic MPP
Primary database modelGraph DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.53
Rank#152  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score4.83
Rank#67  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Score2.09
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score0.32
Rank#289  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Websitedgraph.iogithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webgriddb.netwww.openpie.com
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docsgraphite.readthedocs.iodocs.griddb.net
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.Chris DavisToshiba CorporationOpenPie
Initial release201620062013
Current release5.1, August 20222.1, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
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Implementation languageGoPythonC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Unix
Linuxhosted
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumeric data onlyyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)yes
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
HTTP API
Sockets
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java
PL/SQL
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononouser defined functions
Triggersnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesnoneShardingyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via RaftnoneSource-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobs
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACID at container levelACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infolockingyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoPlanned for future releasesnoAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseUser Roles and pluggable authentication with full SQL Standard
More information provided by the system vendor
DgraphGraphiteGridDBPieCloudDB
Specific characteristicsGridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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PieCloudDB, OpenPie's flagship product, is a cutting-edge cloud-native data warehouse....
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Competitive advantages1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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Extreme Elastic: PieCloudDB utilizes a cutting-edge eMPP cloud-native architecture...
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Typical application scenariosFactory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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PieCloudDB is ideal for Data mining applications that require extreme scalability...
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Key customersDenso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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Sail-Cloud China Shipbuilding Group Haizhou System Soochow Securities ​etc.,
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Market metricsGitHub trending repository
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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PieCloudDB Community Edition: Community License, Free Download, Self-Hosted Deployment;...
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