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System Properties Comparison DolphinDB vs. GridDB vs. Kingbase vs. PostGIS

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NameDolphinDB  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonKingbase  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  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.Scalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataAn enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with PostgreSQL and Oracle and widely used in China.Spatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score4.13
Rank#80  Overall
#6  Time Series DBMS
Score1.95
Rank#128  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score0.45
Rank#262  Overall
#123  Relational DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.dolphindb.comgriddb.netwww.kingbase.com.cnpostgis.net
Technical documentationdocs.dolphindb.cn/­en/­help200/­index.htmldocs.griddb.netpostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperDolphinDB, IncToshiba CorporationBeiJing KINGBASE Information technologies inc.
Initial release2018201319992005
Current releasev2.00.4, January 20225.1, August 2022V8.0, August 20213.4.2, February 2024
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 availablecommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C++C and JavaC
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
LinuxLinux
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampyesyes
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.nonoyesyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)Standard with numerous extensionsyes
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
ADO.NET
gokb
JDBC
kdbndp
ODBC
PDI
PDO
Pro*C
psycopg2
QT
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
MatLab
Python
R
Rust
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnouser defined functionsuser defined functions
Triggersnoyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningShardinghorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesSource-replica replicationyesyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesConnector 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 within container, eventual consistency across containersImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACID at container levelACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAdministrators, Users, GroupsAccess rights for users can be defined per databasefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infobased on PostgreSQL
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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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