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System Properties Comparison DolphinDB vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. GridDB vs. MonetDB vs. Rockset

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NameDolphinDB  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  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.Google's NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.Scalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataA relational database management system that stores data in columnsA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSKey-value store
Wide column store
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.03
Rank#78  Overall
#6  Time Series DBMS
Score3.15
Rank#95  Overall
#14  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score2.09
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#141  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Websitewww.dolphindb.comcloud.google.com/­bigtablegriddb.netwww.monetdb.orgrockset.com
Technical documentationdocs.dolphindb.cn/­en/­help200/­index.htmlcloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docsdocs.griddb.netwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationdocs.rockset.com
DeveloperDolphinDB, IncGoogleToshiba CorporationMonetDB BVRockset
Initial release20182015201320042019
Current releasev2.00.4, January 20225.1, August 2022Dec2023 (11.49), December 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community version availablecommercialOpen Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availableOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonoyes
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Implementation languageC++C++CC++
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
hostedLinuxFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hosted
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampyesdynamic typing
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 infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagenoSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)yes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsRead-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
JSON over HTTP
Kafka
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
OPC DA
OPC UA
RabbitMQ
WebSocket
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
MatLab
Python
R
Rust
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonoyes, in SQL, C, Rno
Triggersnonoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningShardingShardingSharding via remote tablesAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesInternal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zonesSource-replica replicationnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)Immediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesAtomic single-row operationsACID at container levelACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAdministrators, Users, GroupsAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)Access rights for users can be defined per databasefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console
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DolphinDBGoogle Cloud BigtableGridDBMonetDBRockset
Specific characteristicsGridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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Competitive advantages1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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Typical application scenariosFactory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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Key customersDenso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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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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