DBMS > GreptimeDB vs. jBASE vs. RocksDB vs. Splunk vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison GreptimeDB vs. jBASE vs. RocksDB vs. Splunk vs. SwayDB

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Name

Description

An open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiency

A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middleware

Embeddable persistent key-value store optimized for fast storage (flash and RAM)

Analytics Platform for Big Data

An embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage

Primary database model

DB-Engines Ranking measures the popularity of database management systems
Trend Chart

Score	0.06
Rank	#352	Overall
	#33	Time Series DBMS

Score	1.41
Rank	#159	Overall
	#3	Multivalue DBMS

Score	3.65
Rank	#85	Overall
	#11	Key-value stores

Score	86.45
Rank	#14	Overall
	#2	Search engines

Score	0.00
Rank	#382	Overall
	#59	Key-value stores

Website

greptime.com

www.rocketsoftware.com/products/rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/rocket-jbase

rocksdb.org

www.splunk.com

swaydb.simer.au

Technical documentation

docs.greptime.com

docs.rocketsoftware.com/bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9

github.com/facebook/rocksdb/wiki

docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk

Developer

Greptime Inc.

Rocket Software (formerly Zumasys)

Facebook, Inc.

Splunk Inc.

Simer Plaha

Initial release

2022

1991

2013

2003

2018

Current release

5.7

8.11.4, April 2024

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache Version 2.0

commercial

Open Source

BSD

commercial

Limited free edition and free developer edition available

Open Source

GNU Affero GPL V3.0

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

DBaaS offerings (sponsored links)

Database as a Service

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Implementation language

Rust

C++

Scala

Server operating systems

Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows

AIX
Linux
Windows

Linux

Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows

Data scheme

schema-free, schema definition possible

schema-free

yes

schema-free

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

optional

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

yes

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

Embedded SQL for jBASE in BASIC

Splunk Search Processing Language for search commands

APIs and other access methods

gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC

JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API

C++ API
Java API

HTTP REST

Supported programming languages

C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript

.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java

C
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby

C#
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby

Java
Kotlin
Scala

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

Python

yes

Triggers

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

Sharding

horizontal partitioning

Sharding

none

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

yes

Multi-source replication

none

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

yes

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Eventual Consistency

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

yes

A 'Transaction' in Splunk has a different meaning: grouping related events into a single one for later searching

Atomic execution of operations

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

User concepts

Access control

Simple rights management via user accounts

Access rights can be defined down to the item level

Access rights for users and roles

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Specific characteristics

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Competitive advantages

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Typical application scenarios

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Key customers

Greptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Market metrics

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Licensing and pricing models

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