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System Properties Comparison GreptimeDB vs. InfinityDB vs. Ingres vs. TerminusDB vs. Trafodion

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NameGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonIngres  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparison
Apache Trafodion has been retired in 2021. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyA Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceWell established RDBMSScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationshipsTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMS
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSGraph DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store
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Score0.06
Rank#352  Overall
#33  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#378  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
Score4.11
Rank#81  Overall
#44  Relational DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#325  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
Websitegreptime.comboilerbay.comwww.actian.com/­databases/­ingresterminusdb.comtrafodion.apache.org
Technical documentationdocs.greptime.comboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualdocs.actian.com/­ingresterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#trafodion.apache.org/­documentation.html
DeveloperGreptime Inc.Boiler Bay Inc.Actian CorporationDataChemist Ltd.Apache Software Foundation, originally developed by HP
Initial release202220021974 infooriginally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s20182014
Current release4.011.2, May 202211.0.0, January 20232.3.0, February 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL V3Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageRustJavaCProlog, RustC++, Java
Server operating systemsAndroid
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
All OS with a Java VMAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
LinuxLinux
Data schemeschema-free, schema definition possibleyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyesyesyes
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 infobut tools for importing/exporting data from/to XML-files availablenono
Secondary indexesyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyesSQL-like query language (WOQL)yes
APIs and other access methodsgRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaJavaScript
Python
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresPythonnoyesyesJava Stored Procedures
Triggersnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonehorizontal partitioning infoIngres Star to access multiple databases simultaneouslyGraph PartitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneIngres ReplicatorJournaling Streamsyes, via HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononoyes infovia user defined functions and HBase
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCCyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoin-memory journalingyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlSimple rights management via user accountsnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access controlfine 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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