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System Properties Comparison EventStoreDB vs. InfluxDB vs. Lovefield vs. Rockset vs. TerarkDB

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NameEventStoreDB  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIndustrial-strength, open-source database solution built from the ground up for event sourcing.DBMS for storing time series, events and metricsEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDB
Primary database modelEvent StoreTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith GEO packageRelational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.19
Rank#173  Overall
#1  Event Stores
Score24.39
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.08
Rank#367  Overall
#56  Key-value stores
Websitewww.eventstore.comwww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldrockset.comgithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationdevelopers.eventstore.comdocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mddocs.rockset.combytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
DeveloperEvent Store LimitedGoogleRocksetByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release20122013201420192016
Current release21.2, February 20212.7.6, April 20242.1.12, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial inforestricted open source version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageGoJavaScriptC++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
Linux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safarihosted
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateNumeric data and Stringsyesdynamic typingno
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.nonono infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesnoyesall fields are automatically indexedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JSON over UDP
HTTP RESTC++ API
Java API
Supported programming languages.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
JavaScriptGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononono
TriggersnoUsing read-only observersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoin enterprise version onlynoneAutomatic shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlynoneyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoDepending on used storage engineyes infousing MemoryDByes
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accountsnoAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleno
More information provided by the system vendor
EventStoreDBInfluxDBLovefieldRocksetTerarkDB
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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