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System Properties Comparison GreptimeDB vs. PostGIS vs. Ultipa

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NameGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonUltipa  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencySpatial extension of PostgreSQLHigh performance Graph DBMS supporting HTAP high availability cluster deployment
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSSpatial DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score0.12
Rank#351  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.19
Rank#330  Overall
#30  Graph DBMS
Websitegreptime.compostgis.netwww.ultipa.com
Technical documentationdocs.greptime.compostgis.net/­documentationwww.ultipa.com/­document
DeveloperGreptime Inc.Ultipa
Initial release202220052019
Current release3.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPL v2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageRustC
Server operating systemsAndroid
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-free, schema definition possibleyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes
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.noyes
Secondary indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyes
APIs and other access methodsgRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresPythonuser defined functions
Triggersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.no
User concepts infoAccess controlSimple rights management via user accountsyes infobased on PostgreSQL
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GreptimeDBPostGISUltipa
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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