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DBMS > Dgraph vs. InfluxDB vs. Lovefield vs. OpenSearch vs. SiteWhere

System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. InfluxDB vs. Lovefield vs. OpenSearch vs. SiteWhere

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonOpenSearch  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSDBMS for storing time series, events and metricsEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptA distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine forked from Elasticsearch and based on Apache LuceneM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series data
Primary database modelGraph DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSSearch engineTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith GEO packageVector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.45
Rank#156  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score25.83
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score16.36
Rank#37  Overall
#4  Search engines
Score0.06
Rank#356  Overall
#35  Time Series DBMS
Websitedgraph.iowww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldgithub.com/­opensearch-project
opensearch.org
github.com/­sitewhere/­sitewhere
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docsdocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdopensearch.org/­docs/­latestsitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.html
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.GoogleAmazon Web ServicesSiteWhere
Initial release20162013201420212010
Current release2.7.6, April 20242.1.12, February 20172.5.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoGoJavaScriptJavaJava
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free infoFlexible type definitions. Once a type is defined, it is persistentpredefined scheme
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumeric data and Stringsyesyesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
HTTP API
JSON over UDP
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
JavaScriptGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby infoElasticsearch client
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononoyes
TriggersnonoUsing read-only observersyes infoby using the 'percolation' feature
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesSharding infoin enterprise version onlynoneShardingSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via Raftselectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlynoneyesselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoSynchronous doc based replication. Get by ID may show delays up to 1 sec. Configurable write consistency: one, quorum, allImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoDepending on used storage engineyes infousing MemoryDBno
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoPlanned for future releasessimple rights management via user accountsnoUsers with fine-grained authorization concept
More information provided by the system vendor
DgraphInfluxDBLovefieldOpenSearchSiteWhere
Specific characteristicsInfluxData is the creator of InfluxDB , the open source time series database. It...
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OpenSearch is a highly scalable and extensible open-source software suite for search,...
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Competitive advantagesTime to Value InfluxDB is available in all the popular languages and frameworks,...
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Distributed as fully open source under Apache License, Version 2.0 (ALv2), OpenSearch...
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Typical application scenariosIoT & Sensor Monitoring Developers are witnessing the instrumentation of every available...
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The OpenSearch platform is used across a broad range of search , analytics, and observability...
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Key customersInfluxData has more than 1,900 paying customers, including customers include MuleSoft,...
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Market metricsFastest-growing database to drive 27,500 GitHub stars Over 750,000 daily active instances
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source core with closed source clustering available either on-premise or on...
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The OpenSearch Project offers open source software licensed under Apache License...
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