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System Properties Comparison GreptimeDB vs. Kinetica vs. NSDb vs. SurrealDB vs. TimesTen

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NameGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonNSDb  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparisonTimesTen  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyFully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsScalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of KubernetesA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMSIn-Memory RDBMS compatible to Oracle
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.06
Rank#352  Overall
#33  Time Series DBMS
Score0.64
Rank#236  Overall
#109  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#203  Overall
#34  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Score1.31
Rank#163  Overall
#74  Relational DBMS
Websitegreptime.comwww.kinetica.comnsdb.iosurrealdb.comwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­timesten.html
Technical documentationdocs.greptime.comdocs.kinetica.comnsdb.io/­Architecturesurrealdb.com/­docsdocs.oracle.com/­database/­timesten-18.1
DeveloperGreptime Inc.KineticaSurrealDB LtdOracle, TimesTen Performance Software, HP infooriginally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005
Initial release20222012201720221998
Current release7.1, August 2021v1.5.0, May 202411 Release 2 (11.2.2.8.0)
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageRustC, C++Java, ScalaRust
Server operating systemsAndroid
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
LinuxLinux
macOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Data schemeschema-free, schema definition possibleyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes: int, bigint, decimal, stringyesyes
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 indexesyesyesall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query languageSQL-like query languageyes
APIs and other access methodsgRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
gRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Supported programming languagesC++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Java
Scala
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
C
C++
Java
PL/SQL
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresPythonuser defined functionsnoPL/SQL
Triggersyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangeno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesUsing Apache Luceneyesyes infoby means of logfiles and checkpoints
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMyes
User concepts infoAccess controlSimple rights management via user accountsAccess rights for users and roles on table levelyes, based on authentication and database rulesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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GreptimeDBKineticaNSDbSurrealDBTimesTen
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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