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System Properties Comparison Geode vs. GreptimeDB vs. Heroic vs. LokiJS vs. SingleStore

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NameGeode  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGeode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processesAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyTime Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchIn-memory JavaScript DBMSMySQL wire-compliant distributed RDBMS that combines an in-memory row-oriented and a disc-based column-oriented storage with patented universal storage to handle transactional and analytical workloads in one single table type
Primary database modelKey-value storeTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.92
Rank#131  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
Score0.06
Rank#352  Overall
#33  Time Series DBMS
Score0.51
Rank#255  Overall
#21  Time Series DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score5.60
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Websitegeode.apache.orggreptime.comgithub.com/­spotify/­heroicgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.singlestore.com
Technical documentationgeode.apache.org/­docsdocs.greptime.comspotify.github.io/­heroictechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.singlestore.com
DeveloperOriginally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.Greptime Inc.SpotifySingleStore Inc.
Initial release20022022201420142013
Current release1.1, February 20178.5, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as GemfireOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Sourcecommercial infofree developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaRustJavaJavaScriptC++, Go
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredAndroid
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux info64 bit version required
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-freeschema-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 indexesnoyesyes infovia Elasticsearchyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (OQL)yesnonoyes infobut no triggers and foreign keys
APIs and other access methodsJava Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
JavaScript APICluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScriptBash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsPythonnoView functions in JavaScriptyes
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingnoneSharding infohash partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyesnoneSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculations
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
noneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes, on a single nodenono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes infoAll updates are persistent, including those to disk-based columnstores and memory-based row stores. Transaction commits are supported via write-ahead log.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights per client and object definableSimple rights management via user accountsnoFine grained access control via users, groups and roles
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GeodeGreptimeDBHeroicLokiJSSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL
Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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SingleStore’s competitive advantages include: Easy and Simplified Architecture with...
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Driving Fast Analytics: SingleStore delivers the fastest and most scalable reporting...
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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IEX Cloud : Improves Financial Data Distribution Speed 15x with Singlestore DB Comcast,...
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Customers in various industries worldwide including US and International Industry...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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