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System Properties Comparison GreptimeDB vs. GridDB vs. Sphinx vs. TypeDB

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NameGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparisonTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn  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 DataOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databasesTypeDB provides developers with an expressive, customizable type system to manage their data using an award-winning query language, TypeQL, while building on a high-performance, distributed architecture.
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSSearch engineGraph DBMS infoThe type-theoretic data model of TypeDB subsumes the graph database model.
Object oriented DBMS infoThe data model of TypeDB comprises object-oriented features such as class inheritance and interfaces.
Relational DBMS infoThe type-theoretic data model of TypeDB subsumes the relational database model.
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
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
Score5.95
Rank#55  Overall
#5  Search engines
Score0.70
Rank#230  Overall
#20  Graph DBMS
#8  Object oriented DBMS
#106  Relational DBMS
Websitegreptime.comgriddb.netsphinxsearch.comtypedb.com
Technical documentationdocs.greptime.comdocs.griddb.netsphinxsearch.com/­docstypedb.com/­docs
DeveloperGreptime Inc.Toshiba CorporationSphinx Technologies Inc.Vaticle
Initial release2022201320012016
Current release5.1, August 20223.5.1, February 20232.28.3, June 2024
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 availableOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence availableOpen Source infoGPL Version 3, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageRustC++C++Java
Server operating systemsAndroid
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
LinuxFreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-free, schema definition possibleyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampnoyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)SQL-like query language (SphinxQL)no
APIs and other access methodsgRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Proprietary protocolgRPC protocol
TypeDB Console (shell)
TypeDB Studio (IDE)
Supported programming languagesC++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
All JVM based languages
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresPythonnonono
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedno
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneSynchronous replication via raft
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono infosubstituted by the relationship feature
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID at container levelnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx 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 controlSimple rights management via user accountsAccess rights for users can be defined per databasenoyes infoat REST API level; other APIs in progress
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GreptimeDBGridDBSphinxTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn
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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TypeDB is a polymorphic database with a conceptual data model, a strong subtyping...
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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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TypeDB provides a new level of expressivity, extensibility, interoperability, and...
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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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Life sciences : TypeDB makes working with biological data much easier and accelerates...
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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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Apache f or language drivers, and AGPL and Commercial for the database server. The...
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