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DBMS > Graphite vs. GreptimeDB vs. KairosDB vs. Kinetica

System Properties Comparison Graphite vs. GreptimeDB vs. KairosDB vs. Kinetica

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NameGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonKairosDB  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  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 efficiencyDistributed Time Series DBMS based on Cassandra or H2Fully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUs
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score4.57
Rank#73  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#352  Overall
#33  Time Series DBMS
Score0.62
Rank#239  Overall
#20  Time Series DBMS
Score0.64
Rank#236  Overall
#109  Relational DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webgreptime.comgithub.com/­kairosdb/­kairosdbwww.kinetica.com
Technical documentationgraphite.readthedocs.iodocs.greptime.comkairosdb.github.iodocs.kinetica.com
DeveloperChris DavisGreptime Inc.Kinetica
Initial release2006202220132012
Current release1.2.2, November 20187.1, August 2021
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
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Implementation languagePythonRustJavaC, C++
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
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 indexesnoyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnoSQL-like DML and DDL statements
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
Sockets
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
Graphite protocol
HTTP REST
Telnet API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoPythonnouser defined functions
Triggersnonoyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified range
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding infobased on CassandraSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes
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.noyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAM
User concepts infoAccess controlnoSimple rights management via user accountssimple password-based access controlAccess rights for users and roles on table level
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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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