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DBMS > Ehcache vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. Hyprcubd vs. IBM Db2 Event Store vs. InfluxDB

System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. Hyprcubd vs. IBM Db2 Event Store vs. InfluxDB

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonHyprcubd  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 Event Store  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparison
Hyprcubd seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsGoogle's NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.Serverless Time Series DBMSDistributed Event Store optimized for Internet of Things use casesDBMS for storing time series, events and metrics
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value store
Wide column store
Time Series DBMSEvent Store
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith GEO package
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score3.15
Rank#95  Overall
#14  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score0.27
Rank#309  Overall
#2  Event Stores
#28  Time Series DBMS
Score24.39
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orgcloud.google.com/­bigtablehyprcubd.com (offline)www.ibm.com/­products/­db2-event-storewww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overview
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationcloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docswww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2-event-storedocs.influxdata.com/­influxdb
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGGoogleHyprcubd, Inc.IBM
Initial release2009201520172013
Current release3.10.0, March 20222.02.7.6, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialcommercialcommercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaGoC and C++Go
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMhostedhostedLinux infoLinux, macOS, Windows for the developer additionLinux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyes infotime, int, uint, float, stringyesNumeric data and Strings
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 indexesnonononono
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query languageyes infothrough the embedded Spark runtimeSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJCachegRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
gRPC (https)ADO.NET
DB2 Connect
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
JSON over UDP
Supported programming languagesJavaC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononoyesno
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingShardingSharding infoin enterprise version only
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta ServerInternal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zonesActive-active shard replicationselectable replication factor infoin enterprise version only
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate consistency (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)Eventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceAtomic single-row operationsnonono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesnoNo - written data is immutableyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyesYes - Synchronous writes to local disk combined with replication and asynchronous writes in parquet format to permanent shared storageyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnonoyesyes infoDepending on used storage engine
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)token accessfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardsimple rights management via user accounts
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EhcacheGoogle Cloud BigtableHyprcubdIBM Db2 Event StoreInfluxDB
Specific characteristicsInfluxData is the creator of InfluxDB , the open source time series database. It...
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Competitive advantagesTime to Value InfluxDB is available in all the popular languages and frameworks,...
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Typical application scenariosIoT & Sensor Monitoring Developers are witnessing the instrumentation of every available...
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Key customersInfluxData has more than 1,900 paying customers, including customers include MuleSoft,...
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Market metricsFastest-growing database to drive 27,500 GitHub stars Over 750,000 daily active instances
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source core with closed source clustering available either on-premise or on...
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