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System Properties Comparison FeatureBase vs. GreptimeDB vs. PostGIS vs. YugabyteDB

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NameFeatureBase  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonYugabyteDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionReal-time database platform that powers real-time analytics and machine learning applications by simultaneously executing low-latency, high-throughput, and highly concurrent workloads.An open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencySpatial extension of PostgreSQLHigh-performance distributed SQL database for global, internet-scale applications. Wire and feature compatible with PostgreSQL.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Wide column store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.22
Rank#309  Overall
#139  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#352  Overall
#33  Time Series DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score2.91
Rank#102  Overall
#51  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.featurebase.comgreptime.compostgis.netwww.yugabyte.com
Technical documentationdocs.featurebase.comdocs.greptime.compostgis.net/­documentationdocs.yugabyte.com
github.com/­yugabyte/­yugabyte-db
DeveloperMolecula and Pilosa Open Source ContributorsGreptime Inc.Yugabyte Inc.
Initial release2017202220052017
Current release2022, May 20223.4.2, February 20242.19, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageGoRustCC and C++
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Data schemeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleyesdepending on used data model
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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 indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL queriesyesyesyes, PostgreSQL compatible
APIs and other access methodsgRPC
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
JDBC
YCQL, an SQL-based flexible-schema API with its roots in Cassandra Query Language
YSQL - a fully relational SQL API that is wire compatible with the SQL language in PostgreSQL
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresPythonuser defined functionsyes infosql, plpgsql, C
Triggersnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQLHash and Range Sharding, row-level geo-partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyes infobased on PostgreSQLBased on Raft distributed consensus protocol, minimum 3 replicas for continuous availability
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyStrong consistency on writes and tunable consistency on reads
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDDistributed ACID with Serializable & Snapshot Isolation. Inspired by Google Spanner architecture.
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes, using Linux fsyncyesyesyes infobased on RocksDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlSimple rights management via user accountsyes infobased on PostgreSQLyes
More information provided by the system vendor
FeatureBaseGreptimeDBPostGISYugabyteDB
Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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YugabyteDB is an open source distributed SQL database for cloud native transactional...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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PostgreSQL compatible: Get instantly productive with a PostgreSQL compatible RDBMS....
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Systems of record and engagement for cloud native applications that require resilience,...
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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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2 Million+ lifetime clusters deployed, 6.5K+ GitHub stars, 7K YugabyteDB Community...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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Apache 2.0 license for the database
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