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DBMS > GeoSpock vs. InfluxDB vs. Lovefield vs. Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB vs. Percona Server for MongoDB

System Properties Comparison GeoSpock vs. InfluxDB vs. Lovefield vs. Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB vs. Percona Server for MongoDB

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NameGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Cosmos DB infoformer name was Azure DocumentDB  Xexclude from comparisonPercona Server for MongoDB  Xexclude from comparison
GeoSpock seems to be discontinued. Therefore it will be excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionSpatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scaleDBMS for storing time series, events and metricsEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptGlobally distributed, horizontally scalable, multi-model database serviceA drop-in replacement for MongoDB Community Edition with enterprise-grade features.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Wide column store
Document store
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSSpatial DBMS infowith GEO packageSpatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score25.83
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score29.04
Rank#27  Overall
#4  Document stores
#2  Graph DBMS
#3  Key-value stores
#3  Wide column stores
Score0.52
Rank#254  Overall
#39  Document stores
Websitegeospock.comwww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldazure.microsoft.com/­services/­cosmos-dbwww.percona.com/­mongodb/­software/­percona-server-for-mongodb
Technical documentationdocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdlearn.microsoft.com/­azure/­cosmos-dbdocs.percona.com/­percona-distribution-for-mongodb
DeveloperGeoSpockGoogleMicrosoftPercona
Initial release2013201420142015
Current release2.0, September 20192.7.6, April 20242.1.12, February 20173.4.10-2.10, November 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoGPL Version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonoyesno
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Implementation languageJava, JavascriptGoJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafarihostedLinux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumeric data and Stringsyesyes infoJSON typesyes
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 indexestemporal, categoricalnoyesyes infoAll properties auto-indexed by defaultyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)SQL-like query languageSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsJDBCHTTP API
JSON over UDP
DocumentDB API
Graph API (Gremlin)
MongoDB API
RESTful HTTP API
Table API
proprietary protocol using JSON
Supported programming languages.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
JavaScript.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
MongoDB client drivers written for various programming languages
Python
Actionscript
C
C#
C++
Clojure
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Smalltalk
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononoJavaScriptJavaScript
TriggersnonoUsing read-only observersJavaScriptno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesAutomatic shardingSharding infoin enterprise version onlynoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlynoneyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononowith Hadoop integration infoIntegration with Hadoop/HDInsight on Azure*yes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Consistent Prefix
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable on request level
Session Consistency
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDMulti-item ACID transactions with snapshot isolation within a partitionno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, 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.noyes infoDepending on used storage engineyes infousing MemoryDByes infovia In-Memory Engine
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per tablesimple rights management via user accountsnoAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelAccess rights for users and roles
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GeoSpockInfluxDBLovefieldMicrosoft Azure Cosmos DB infoformer name was Azure DocumentDBPercona Server for MongoDB
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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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