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DBMS > DolphinDB vs. GridDB vs. Heroic vs. JaguarDB vs. SAP Advantage Database Server

System Properties Comparison DolphinDB vs. GridDB vs. Heroic vs. JaguarDB vs. SAP Advantage Database Server

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NameDolphinDB  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonJaguarDB  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADS  Xexclude from comparison
SAP Advantage Database Server seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
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.Scalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataTime Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchPerformant, highly scalable DBMS for AI and IoT applicationsLow-cost RDBMS with access to ISAM and FoxPro data structures
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSKey-value store
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.03
Rank#78  Overall
#6  Time Series DBMS
Score2.09
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#265  Overall
#22  Time Series DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#381  Overall
#59  Key-value stores
#13  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.dolphindb.comgriddb.netgithub.com/­spotify/­heroicwww.jaguardb.comwww.sap.com/products/advantage-database-server.html
Technical documentationdocs.dolphindb.cn/­en/­help200/­index.htmldocs.griddb.netspotify.github.io/­heroicwww.jaguardb.com/­support.html
DeveloperDolphinDB, IncToshiba CorporationSpotifyDataJaguar, Inc.Sybase, SAP
Initial release20182013201420151993
Current releasev2.00.4, January 20225.1, August 20223.3 July 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community version availableOpen Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL V3.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C++JavaC++ infothe server part. Clients available in other languages
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
LinuxLinuxLinux
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampyesyesyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infovia Elasticsearchyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)noA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infobut no views, foreign keys, triggersyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
JSON over HTTP
Kafka
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
OPC DA
OPC UA
RabbitMQ
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
MatLab
Python
R
Rust
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Delphi
Perl
PHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnononoyes
Triggersnoyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningShardingShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesSource-replica replicationyesMulti-source replicationMulti-source replication infoCONFLICT Trigger to resolve replication conflicts
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACID at container levelnonoACID
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.yesyesnonono infocaching of (temporary) tables can be configured
User concepts infoAccess controlAdministrators, Users, GroupsAccess rights for users can be defined per databaserights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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DolphinDBGridDBHeroicJaguarDBSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADS
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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