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System Properties Comparison GreptimeDB vs. GridDB vs. InfinityDB vs. Microsoft Azure Data Explorer

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NameGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Data Explorer  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyScalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataA Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceFully managed big data interactive analytics platform
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMS infocolumn oriented
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Document store infoIf a column is of type dynamic docs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­kusto/­query/­scalar-data-types/­dynamic then it's possible to add arbitrary JSON documents in this cell
Event Store infothis is the general usage pattern at Microsoft. Billing, Logs, Telemetry events are stored in ADX and the state of an individual entity is defined by the arg_max(timestamps)
Spatial DBMS
Search engine infosupport for complex search expressions docs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­kusto/­query/­parseoperator FTS, Geospatial docs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­kusto/­query/­geo-point-to-geohash-function distributed search -> ADX acts as a distributed search engine
Time Series DBMS infosee docs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­data-explorer/­time-series-analysis
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.12
Rank#351  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score2.09
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Score3.80
Rank#81  Overall
#43  Relational DBMS
Websitegreptime.comgriddb.netboilerbay.comazure.microsoft.com/­services/­data-explorer
Technical documentationdocs.greptime.comdocs.griddb.netboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­data-explorer
DeveloperGreptime Inc.Toshiba CorporationBoiler Bay Inc.Microsoft
Initial release2022201320022019
Current release5.1, August 20224.0cloud service with continuous releases
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availablecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
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Implementation languageRustC++Java
Server operating systemsAndroid
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
LinuxAll OS with a Java VMhosted
Data schemeschema-free, schema definition possibleyesyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeFixed schema with schema-less datatypes (dynamic)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyes infobool, datetime, dynamic, guid, int, long, real, string, timespan, double: docs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­kusto/­query/­scalar-data-types
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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)noKusto Query Language (KQL), SQL subset
APIs and other access methodsgRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
Microsoft SQL Server communication protocol (MS-TDS)
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PowerShell
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresPythonnonoYes, possible languages: KQL, Python, R
Triggersyesnoyes infosee docs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­kusto/­management/­updatepolicy
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud service. Replication either local, cross-facility or geo-redundant.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsnoSpark connector (open source): github.com/­Azure/­azure-kusto-spark
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID at container levelACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlSimple rights management via user accountsAccess rights for users can be defined per databasenoAzure Active Directory Authentication
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GreptimeDBGridDBInfinityDBMicrosoft Azure Data Explorer
Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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GridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Factory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Denso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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GitHub trending repository
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Licensing and pricing modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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Open Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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