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System Properties Comparison GreptimeDB vs. Manticore Search vs. Quasardb vs. SiriDB vs. Sphinx

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NameGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonSiriDB  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.Distributed, high-performance timeseries databaseOpen Source Time Series DBMSOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databases
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSSearch engineTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar Library
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.12
Rank#351  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#302  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score0.21
Rank#322  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#378  Overall
#42  Time Series DBMS
Score5.95
Rank#55  Overall
#5  Search engines
Websitegreptime.commanticoresearch.comquasar.aisiridb.comsphinxsearch.com
Technical documentationdocs.greptime.commanual.manticoresearch.comdoc.quasar.ai/­masterdocs.siridb.comsphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperGreptime Inc.Manticore SoftwarequasardbCesbitSphinx Technologies Inc.
Initial release20222017200920172001
Current release6.0, February 20233.14.1, January 20243.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPL version 2commercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageRustC++C++CC++
Server operating systemsAndroid
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxFreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-free, schema definition possibleFixed schemaschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Booleanyes infointeger and binaryyes infoNumeric datano
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.noCan index from XMLnono
Secondary indexesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyes infowith tagsyesyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query languageSQL-like query languagenoSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)
APIs and other access methodsgRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
Binary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
HTTP APIHTTP APIProprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesC++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresPythonuser defined functionsnonono
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedSharding infoconsistent hashingShardingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication based on Galera librarySource-replica replication with selectable replication factoryesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonowith Hadoop integrationnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.yes infoby using LevelDByesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoTransient modeyes
User concepts infoAccess controlSimple rights management via user accountsnoCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailsimple rights management via user accountsno
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GreptimeDBManticore SearchQuasardbSiriDBSphinx
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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