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DBMS > Graphite vs. GreptimeDB vs. Heroic vs. SpaceTime

System Properties Comparison Graphite vs. GreptimeDB vs. Heroic vs. SpaceTime

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NameGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  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 efficiencyTime Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score4.83
Rank#67  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#351  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#265  Overall
#22  Time Series DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#392  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webgreptime.comgithub.com/­spotify/­heroicwww.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationgraphite.readthedocs.iodocs.greptime.comspotify.github.io/­heroic
DeveloperChris DavisGreptime Inc.SpotifyMireo
Initial release2006202220142020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languagePythonRustJavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateNumeric data onlyyesyesyes
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 indexesnoyesyes infovia Elasticsearchno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnoA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
Sockets
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoPythonnono
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesReal-time block device replication (DRBD)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infolockingyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoSimple rights management via user accountsyes
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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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