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System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. GreptimeDB vs. PostGIS

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencySpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelGraph DBMSTime Series DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.53
Rank#152  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#351  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitedgraph.iogreptime.compostgis.net
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docsdocs.greptime.compostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.Greptime Inc.
Initial release201620222005
Current release3.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageGoRustC
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.nonoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoPythonuser defined functions
Triggersnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via Raftyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.no
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoPlanned for future releasesSimple rights management via user accountsyes infobased on PostgreSQL
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DgraphGreptimeDBPostGIS
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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