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DBMS > GreptimeDB vs. Microsoft SQL Server vs. Splunk vs. SurrealDB

System Properties Comparison GreptimeDB vs. Microsoft SQL Server vs. Splunk vs. SurrealDB

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NameGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft SQL Server  Xexclude from comparisonSplunk  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyMicrosofts flagship relational DBMSAnalytics Platform for Big DataA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSSearch engineDocument store
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.06
Rank#352  Overall
#33  Time Series DBMS
Score824.29
Rank#3  Overall
#3  Relational DBMS
Score86.45
Rank#14  Overall
#2  Search engines
Score0.86
Rank#203  Overall
#34  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Websitegreptime.comwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­sql-serverwww.splunk.comsurrealdb.com
Technical documentationdocs.greptime.comlearn.microsoft.com/­en-US/­sql/­sql-serverdocs.splunk.com/­Documentation/­Splunksurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperGreptime Inc.MicrosoftSplunk Inc.SurrealDB Ltd
Initial release2022198920032022
Current releaseSQL Server 2022, November 2022v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial inforestricted free version is availablecommercial infoLimited free edition and free developer edition availableOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageRustC++Rust
Server operating systemsAndroid
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-free, schema definition possibleyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.noyesyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesno infoSplunk Search Processing Language for search commandsSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsgRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
HTTP RESTGraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesC++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
C#
C++
Delphi
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Visual Basic
C#
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresPythonTransact SQL, .NET languages, R, Python and (with SQL Server 2019) Javayes
Triggersyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingtables can be distributed across several files (horizontal partitioning); sharding through federationSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, but depending on the SQL-Server EditionMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoA 'Transaction' in Splunk has a different meaning: grouping related events into a single one for later searchingACID
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 accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and rolesyes, based on authentication and database rules
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GreptimeDBMicrosoft SQL ServerSplunkSurrealDB
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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