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System Properties Comparison GreptimeDB vs. Kdb vs. MonetDB vs. Pinecone

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NameGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyHigh performance Time Series DBMSA relational database management system that stores data in columnsA managed, cloud-native vector database
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.12
Rank#351  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#141  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Score3.23
Rank#92  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Websitegreptime.comkx.comwww.monetdb.orgwww.pinecone.io
Technical documentationdocs.greptime.comcode.kx.comwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationdocs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overview
DeveloperGreptime Inc.Kx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcMonetDB BVPinecone Systems, Inc
Initial release20222000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320042019
Current release3.6, May 2018Dec2023 (11.49), December 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageRustqC
Server operating systemsAndroid
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hosted
Data schemeschema-free, schema definition possibleyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesString, Number, Boolean
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.noyesno
Secondary indexesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query language (q)yes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsno
APIs and other access methodsgRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresPythonuser defined functionsyes, in SQL, C, R
Triggersyes infowith viewsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioningSharding via remote tables
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental status
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID
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.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlSimple rights management via user accountsrights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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GreptimeDBKdbMonetDBPinecone
Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Integrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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provides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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tick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Goldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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kdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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