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System Properties Comparison GreptimeDB vs. Kinetica vs. Neo4j vs. Rockset vs. Stardog

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NameGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonNeo4j  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonStardog  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyFully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsScalable, ACID-compliant graph database designed with a high-performance distributed cluster architecture, available in self-hosted and cloud offeringsA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBEnterprise Knowledge Graph platform and graph DBMS with high availability, high performance reasoning, and virtualization
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMS
Search engine
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Score0.06
Rank#352  Overall
#33  Time Series DBMS
Score0.64
Rank#236  Overall
#109  Relational DBMS
Score44.46
Rank#23  Overall
#1  Graph DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score2.02
Rank#123  Overall
#11  Graph DBMS
#6  RDF stores
Websitegreptime.comwww.kinetica.comneo4j.comrockset.comwww.stardog.com
Technical documentationdocs.greptime.comdocs.kinetica.comneo4j.com/­docsdocs.rockset.comdocs.stardog.com
DeveloperGreptime Inc.KineticaNeo4j, Inc.RocksetStardog-Union
Initial release20222012200720192010
Current release7.1, August 20215.19, April 20247.3.0, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoGPL version3, commercial licenses availablecommercialcommercial info60-day fully-featured trial license; 1-year fully-featured non-commercial use license for academics/students
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageRustC, C++Java, ScalaC++Java
Server operating systemsAndroid
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
LinuxLinux infoCan also be used server-less as embedded Java database.
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-free, schema definition possibleyesschema-free and schema-optionalschema-freeschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema support
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesdynamic typingyes
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 infoingestion from XML files supportedno infoImport/export of XML data possible
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infopluggable indexing subsystem, by default Apache Luceneall fields are automatically indexedyes infosupports real-time indexing in full-text and geospatial
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsYes, compatible with all major SQL variants through dedicated BI/SQL Server
APIs and other access methodsgRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
Java API
Neo4j-OGM infoObject Graph Mapper
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data Neo4j
TinkerPop 3
HTTP RESTGraphQL query language
HTTP API
Jena RDF API
OWL
RDF4J API
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SNARL
SPARQL
Spring Data
Stardog Studio
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesC++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
Clojure
Groovy
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresPythonuser defined functionsyes infoUser defined Procedures and Functionsnouser defined functions and aggregates, HTTP Server extensions in Java
Triggersyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangeyes infovia event handlernoyes infovia event handlers
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingyes using Neo4j FabricAutomatic shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationCausal Clustering using Raft protocol infoavailable in in Enterprise Version onlyyesMulti-source replication in HA-Cluster
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 configurationCausal and Eventual Consistency configurable in Causal Cluster setup
Immediate Consistency in stand-alone mode
Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in HA-Cluster
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infoRelationships in graphsnoyes inforelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
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 levelUsers, roles and permissions. Pluggable authentication with supported standards (LDAP, Active Directory, Kerberos)Access rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleAccess rights for users and roles
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GreptimeDBKineticaNeo4jRocksetStardog
Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Neo4j delivers graph technology that has been battle tested for performance and scale...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Neo4j is the market leader, graph database category creator, and the most widely...
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Real-Time Recommendations Master Data Management Identity and Access Management Network...
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Over 800 commercial customers and over 4300 startups use Neo4j. Flagship customers...
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Neo4j boasts the world's largest graph database ecosystem with more than 140 million...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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GPL v3 license that can be used all the places where you might use MySQL. Neo4j Commercial...
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