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DBMS > EsgynDB vs. GridDB vs. SiteWhere vs. SQL.JS

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NameEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionScalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series dataPort of SQLite to JavaScript
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
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Score0.25
Rank#312  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Score2.09
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#383  Overall
#43  Time Series DBMS
Score0.63
Rank#241  Overall
#112  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.esgyn.cngriddb.netgithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewheresql.js.org
Technical documentationdocs.griddb.netsitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.htmlsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.html
DeveloperEsgynToshiba CorporationSiteWhereAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by others
Initial release2015201320102012
Current release5.1, August 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availableOpen Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++, JavaC++JavaJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinuxLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesyespredefined schemeyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)noyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supported
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HTTP RESTJavaScript API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetC
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresnono
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingSharding infobased on HBasenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication between multi datacentersSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor infobased on HBasenone
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 Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID at container levelnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a file
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptno
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EsgynDBGridDBSiteWhereSQL.JS
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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