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System Properties Comparison DolphinDB vs. Geode vs. GridGain vs. Realm vs. STSdb

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NameDolphinDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeode  Xexclude from comparisonGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDolphinDB is a high performance Time Series DBMS. It is integrated with an easy-to-use fully featured programming language and a high-volume high-velocity streaming analytics system. It offers operational simplicity, scalability, fault tolerance, and concurrency.Geode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processesGridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache IgniteA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSKey-value storeKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Document storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score4.13
Rank#80  Overall
#6  Time Series DBMS
Score1.92
Rank#131  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
Score1.47
Rank#154  Overall
#26  Key-value stores
#72  Relational DBMS
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Websitewww.dolphindb.comgeode.apache.orgwww.gridgain.comrealm.iogithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationdocs.dolphindb.cn/­en/­help200/­index.htmlgeode.apache.org/­docswww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmlrealm.io/­docs
DeveloperDolphinDB, IncOriginally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.GridGain Systems, Inc.Realm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019STS Soft SC
Initial release20182002200720142011
Current releasev2.00.4, January 20221.1, February 2017GridGain 8.5.14.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community version availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as GemfirecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaJava, C++, .NetC#
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
All OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language (OQL)ANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
JSON over HTTP
Kafka
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
OPC DA
OPC UA
RabbitMQ
WebSocket
Java Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
MatLab
Python
R
Rust
.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)no inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryno
Triggersnoyes infoCache Event Listenersyes (cache interceptors and events)yes infoChange Listenersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningShardingShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesMulti-source replicationyes (replicated cache)nonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)nono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesyes, on a single nodeACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.yesyesyesyes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlAdministrators, Users, GroupsAccess rights per client and object definableSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsyesno

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