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DBMS > Graphite vs. GreptimeDB vs. GridGain vs. Manticore Search vs. Postgres-XL

System Properties Comparison Graphite vs. GreptimeDB vs. GridGain vs. Manticore Search vs. Postgres-XL

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NameGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonPostgres-XL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionData logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyGridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache IgniteMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.Based on PostgreSQL enhanced with MPP and write-scale-out cluster features
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Search engineRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar LibraryDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.57
Rank#73  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#352  Overall
#33  Time Series DBMS
Score1.47
Rank#154  Overall
#26  Key-value stores
#72  Relational DBMS
Score0.22
Rank#312  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score0.49
Rank#256  Overall
#117  Relational DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webgreptime.comwww.gridgain.commanticoresearch.comwww.postgres-xl.org
Technical documentationgraphite.readthedocs.iodocs.greptime.comwww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmlmanual.manticoresearch.comwww.postgres-xl.org/­documentation
DeveloperChris DavisGreptime Inc.GridGain Systems, Inc.Manticore Software
Initial release20062022200720172014 infosince 2012, originally named StormDB
Current releaseGridGain 8.5.16.0, February 202310 R1, October 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoGPL version 2Open Source infoMozilla public license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonRustJava, C++, .NetC++C
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS
Data schemeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleyesFixed schemayes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateNumeric data onlyyesyesInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Booleanyes
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.nonoyesCan index from XMLyes infoXML type, but no XML query functionality
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLSQL-like query languageyes infodistributed, parallel query execution
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
Sockets
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
Binary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Supported programming languagesJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Erlang
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoPythonyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)user defined functionsuser defined functions
Triggersnoyes (cache interceptors and events)noyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedhorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes (replicated cache)Synchronous replication based on Galera library
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)nono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDyes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesACID infoMVCC
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infolockingyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoSimple rights management via user accountsSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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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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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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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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Licensing and pricing modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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