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System Properties Comparison GeoMesa vs. GridDB vs. Lovefield vs. Oracle NoSQL

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NameGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonOracle NoSQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Scalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptA multi-model, scalable, distributed NoSQL database, designed to provide highly reliable, flexible, and available data management across a configurable set of storage nodes
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score2.09
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score3.05
Rank#97  Overall
#17  Document stores
#16  Key-value stores
#50  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.geomesa.orggriddb.netgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldwww.oracle.com/­database/­nosql/­technologies/­nosql
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmldocs.griddb.netgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mddocs.oracle.com/­en/­database/­other-databases/­nosql-database/­index.html
DeveloperCCRi and othersToshiba CorporationGoogleOracle
Initial release2014201320142011
Current release5.0.0, May 20245.1, August 20222.1.12, February 201724.1, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoProprietary for Enterprise Edition (Oracle Database EE license has Oracle NoSQL database EE covered: details)
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageScalaC++JavaScriptJava
Server operating systemsLinuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux
Solaris SPARC/x86
Data schemeyesyesyesSupport Fixed schema and Schema-less deployment with the ability to interoperate between them.
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampyesoptional
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 indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)SQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternSQL-like DML and DDL statements
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScriptC
C#
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononono
TriggersnoyesUsing read-only observersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layerShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layerSource-replica replicationnoneElectable source-replica replication per shard. Support distributed global deployment with Multi-region table feature
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsnowith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infodepending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID at container levelACIDconfigurable infoACID within a storage node (=shard)
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.depending on storage layeryesyes infousing MemoryDByes infooff heap cache
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageAccess rights for users can be defined per databasenoAccess rights for users and roles
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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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