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System Properties Comparison EsgynDB vs. GreptimeDB vs. PostGIS vs. Transwarp ArgoDB vs. TypeDB

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NameEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp ArgoDB  Xexclude from comparisonTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencySpatial extension of PostgreSQLDistributed Analytical Database to replace Hadoop+MPP hybrid architectureTypeDB is a strongly-typed database with a rich and logical type system and TypeQL as its query language
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS infoOften described as a 'hyper-relational' database, since it implements the 'Entity-Relationship Paradigm' to manage complex data structures and ontologies.
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSSearch engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.25
Rank#312  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#351  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#348  Overall
#151  Relational DBMS
Score0.70
Rank#230  Overall
#20  Graph DBMS
#106  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.esgyn.cngreptime.compostgis.netwww.transwarp.cn/­en/­product/­argodbtypedb.com
Technical documentationdocs.greptime.compostgis.net/­documentationdocs.transwarp.cn/­#/­documents-support/­docs?category=ARGODBtypedb.com/­docs
DeveloperEsgynGreptime Inc.TranswarpVaticle
Initial release2015202220052016
Current release3.4.2, February 20242.26.3, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPL v2.0commercialOpen Source infoGPL Version 3, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++, JavaRustCJava
Server operating systemsLinuxAndroid
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesyesyesno
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
gRPC protocol
TypeDB Console (shell)
TypeDB Studio (Visualisation software- previously TypeDB Workbase)
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetC++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
All JVM based languages
Groovy
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored ProceduresPythonuser defined functionsno
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQLSharding infoby using Cassandra
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication between multi datacentersyes infobased on PostgreSQLMulti-source replication infoby using Cassandra
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonoyes infoby using Apache Kafka and Apache Zookeeper
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno infosubstituted by the relationship feature
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID
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.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardSimple rights management via user accountsyes infobased on PostgreSQLyes infoat REST API level; other APIs in progress
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EsgynDBGreptimeDBPostGISTranswarp ArgoDBTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn
Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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TypeDB is a polymorphic database with a conceptual data model, a strong subtyping...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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TypeDB provides a new level of expressivity, extensibility, interoperability, and...
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Life sciences : TypeDB makes working with biological data much easier and accelerates...
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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Apache f or language drivers, and AGPL and Commercial for the database server. The...
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