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DBMS > EXASOL vs. GridDB vs. SQL.JS vs. TempoIQ vs. Transwarp Hippo

System Properties Comparison EXASOL vs. GridDB vs. SQL.JS vs. TempoIQ vs. Transwarp Hippo

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NameEXASOL  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonTempoIQ infoformerly TempoDB  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp Hippo  Xexclude from comparison
TempoIQ seems to be decommissioned. It will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionHigh-performance, in-memory, MPP database specifically designed for in-memory analytics.Scalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataPort of SQLite to JavaScriptScalable analytics DBMS for sensor data, provided as a service (SaaS)Cloud-native distributed Vector DBMS that supports storage, retrieval, and management of massive vector-based datasets
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
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Score1.76
Rank#139  Overall
#62  Relational DBMS
Score2.09
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score0.63
Rank#241  Overall
#112  Relational DBMS
Score0.05
Rank#386  Overall
#14  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.exasol.comgriddb.netsql.js.orgtempoiq.com (offline)www.transwarp.cn/­en/­subproduct/­hippo
Technical documentationwww.exasol.com/­resourcesdocs.griddb.netsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.html
DeveloperExasolToshiba CorporationAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersTempoIQ
Initial release20002013201220122023
Current release5.1, August 20221.0, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availableOpen Sourcecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++JavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsLinuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
macOS
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampyesyesVector, Numeric and String
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 indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)yes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportednono
APIs and other access methods.Net
JDBC
ODBC
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JavaScript APIHTTP APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJava
Lua
Python
R
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScriptC#
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Python
Ruby
C++
Java
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnononono
Triggersyesyesnoyes infoRealtime Alertsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoHadoop integrationConnector 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 containersnoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID at container levelACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users can be defined per databasenosimple authentication-based access controlRole based access control and fine grained access rights
More information provided by the system vendor
EXASOLGridDBSQL.JSTempoIQ infoformerly TempoDBTranswarp Hippo
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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