DB-EnginesInfluxDB: Focus on building software with an easy-to-use serverless, scalable time series platformEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > GeoSpock vs. Kinetica vs. Lovefield vs. TerarkDB vs. TypeDB

System Properties Comparison GeoSpock vs. Kinetica vs. Lovefield vs. TerarkDB vs. TypeDB

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparisonTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn  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 scaleFully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDBTypeDB is a strongly-typed database with a rich and logical type system and TypeQL as its query language
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS infoOften described as a 'hyper-relational' database, since it implements the 'Entity-Relationship Paradigm' to manage complex data structures and ontologies.
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.64
Rank#236  Overall
#109  Relational DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Score0.65
Rank#234  Overall
#20  Graph DBMS
#107  Relational DBMS
Websitegeospock.comwww.kinetica.comgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldgithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdbtypedb.com
Technical documentationdocs.kinetica.comgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdbytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKctypedb.com/­docs
DeveloperGeoSpockKineticaGoogleByteDance, originally TerarkVaticle
Initial release2012201420162016
Current release2.0, September 20197.1, August 20212.1.12, February 20172.26.3, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial inforestricted open source version availableOpen Source infoGPL Version 3, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageJava, JavascriptC, C++JavaScriptC++Java
Server operating systemshostedLinuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexestemporal, categoricalyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)SQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
C++ API
Java API
gRPC protocol
TypeDB Console (shell)
TypeDB Studio (Visualisation software- previously TypeDB Workbase)
Supported programming languagesC++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScriptC++
Java
All JVM based languages
Groovy
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsnonono
Triggersnoyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangeUsing read-only observersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesAutomatic shardingShardingnonenoneSharding infoby using Cassandra
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnonenoneMulti-source replication infoby using Cassandra
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononoyes infoby using Apache Kafka and Apache Zookeeper
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnono infosubstituted by the relationship feature
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDnoACID
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 infoGPU vRAM or System RAMyes infousing MemoryDByesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per tableAccess rights for users and roles on table levelnonoyes infoat REST API level; other APIs in progress
More information provided by the system vendor
GeoSpockKineticaLovefieldTerarkDBTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn
Specific characteristicsTypeDB is a polymorphic database with a conceptual data model, a strong subtyping...
» more
Competitive advantagesTypeDB provides a new level of expressivity, extensibility, interoperability, and...
» more
Typical application scenariosLife sciences : TypeDB makes working with biological data much easier and accelerates...
» more
Licensing and pricing modelsApache f or language drivers, and AGPL and Commercial for the database server. The...
» more

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
GeoSpockKineticaLovefieldTerarkDBTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn
Recent citations in the news

How GeoSpock is supercharging geospatial analytics
23 February 2021, ComputerWeekly.com

GeoSpock launches Spatial Big Data Platform 2.0
4 September 2019, VanillaPlus

Cambridge-based data analytics startup GeoSpock lands €4.6 million
2 October 2020, EU-Startups

nChain Leads Investment Round in Extreme-scale Data Firm GeoSpock
2 October 2020, AlexaBlockchain

Smart Cities, Autonomous Vehicles, Artificial General Intelligence Robotics: Q&A with Steve Marsh, GeoSpock
16 May 2018, ExchangeWire

provided by Google News

Kinetica Delivers Real-Time Vector Similarity Search
21 March 2024, insideBIGDATA

Kinetica Elevates RAG with Fast Access to Real-Time Data
26 March 2024, Datanami

Kinetica ramps up RAG for generative AI, empowering enterprises with real-time operational data
18 March 2024, SiliconANGLE News

Kinetica Launches Generative AI Solution for Real-Time Inferencing Powered by NVIDIA AI Enterprise
18 March 2024, GlobeNewswire

Kinetica Delivers Real-Time Vector Similarity Search
22 March 2024, Geospatial World

provided by Google News

An Enterprise Data Stack Using TypeDB | by Daniel Crowe
2 September 2021, Towards Data Science

Spacecraft Engineering Models: How to Migrate UML to TypeQL
8 September 2021, hackernoon.com

Speedb Goes Open Source With Its Speedb Data Engine, A Drop-in Replacement for RocksDB
9 November 2022, businesswire.com

195 Data Science Libraries You Should Reconsider Using | by Dimitris Effrosynidis
2 February 2024, DataDrivenInvestor

Modelling Biomedical Data for a Drug Discovery Knowledge Graph
6 October 2020, Towards Data Science

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

AllegroGraph logo

Graph Database Leader for AI Knowledge Graph Applications - The Most Secure Graph Database Available.
Free Download

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

RaimaDB logo

RaimaDB, embedded database for mission-critical applications. When performance, footprint and reliability matters.
Try RaimaDB for free.

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

Milvus logo

Vector database designed for GenAI, fully equipped for enterprise implementation.
Try Managed Milvus for Free

Present your product here