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DBMS > EsgynDB vs. FileMaker vs. GreptimeDB vs. GridDB vs. MonetDB

System Properties Comparison EsgynDB vs. FileMaker vs. GreptimeDB vs. GridDB vs. MonetDB

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NameEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.An open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyScalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataA relational database management system that stores data in columns
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.25
Rank#312  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#351  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score2.09
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#141  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.esgyn.cnwww.claris.com/­filemakergreptime.comgriddb.netwww.monetdb.org
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationdocs.greptime.comdocs.griddb.netwww.monetdb.org/­Documentation
DeveloperEsgynClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleGreptime Inc.Toshiba CorporationMonetDB BV
Initial release20151983202220132004
Current release19.4.1, November 20215.1, August 2022Dec2023 (11.49), December 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availableOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++, JavaRustC++C
Server operating systemsLinuxiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
LinuxFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-free, schema definition possibleyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampyes
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.noyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyes infovia pluginsyesSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)yes infoSQL 2003 with some extensions
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetPHPC++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored ProceduresyesPythonnoyes, in SQL, C, R
Triggersnoyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingShardingSharding via remote tables
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication between multi datacentersSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Source-replica replicationnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental status
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonoConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containers
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACID at container levelACID
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.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesSimple rights management via user accountsAccess rights for users can be defined per databasefine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
EsgynDBFileMakerGreptimeDBGridDBMonetDB
Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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GridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Factory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Denso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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GitHub trending repository
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Licensing and pricing modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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Open Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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