DB-EnginesExtremeDB: mitigate connectivity issues in a DBMSEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > eXtremeDB vs. GridDB vs. Heroic vs. IBM Db2 vs. TimesTen

System Properties Comparison eXtremeDB vs. GridDB vs. Heroic vs. IBM Db2 vs. TimesTen

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameeXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2  Xexclude from comparisonTimesTen  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionNatively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringScalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataTime Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchCommon in IBM host environments, 2 different versions for host and Windows/LinuxIn-Memory RDBMS compatible to Oracle
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS infoSince Version 10.5 support for JSON/BSON documents compatible with MongoDBRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Document store
RDF store infoin Db2 LUW (Linux, Unix, Windows)
Spatial DBMS infowith Db2 Spatial Extender
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.74
Rank#223  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score1.95
Rank#128  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score0.51
Rank#255  Overall
#21  Time Series DBMS
Score128.46
Rank#8  Overall
#5  Relational DBMS
Score1.31
Rank#163  Overall
#74  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.mcobject.comgriddb.netgithub.com/­spotify/­heroicwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2www.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­timesten.html
Technical documentationwww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmdocs.griddb.netspotify.github.io/­heroicwww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2docs.oracle.com/­database/­timesten-18.1
DeveloperMcObjectToshiba CorporationSpotifyIBMOracle, TimesTen Performance Software, HP infooriginally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005
Initial release2001201320141983 infohost version1998
Current release8.2, 20215.1, August 202212.1, October 201611 Release 2 (11.2.2.8.0)
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree version is availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageC and C++C++JavaC and C++
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
LinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampyesyesyes
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.no infosupport of XML interfaces availablenonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infovia Elasticsearchyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)noyesyes
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
JSON style queries infoMongoDB compatible
ODBC
XQuery
JDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Visual Basic
C
C++
Java
PL/SQL
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonoyesPL/SQL
Triggersyes infoby defining eventsyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning / shardingShardingShardingSharding infoonly with Windows/Unix/Linux Versionnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesActive Replication Fabric™ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
Source-replica replicationyesyes infowith separate tools (MQ, InfoSphere)Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID at container levelnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoby means of logfiles and checkpoints
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per databasefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
eXtremeDBGridDBHeroicIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2TimesTen
Specific characteristicseXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
» more
GridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
» more
Competitive advantageseXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
» more
1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
» more
Typical application scenariosIoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
» more
Factory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
» more
Key customersSchneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
» more
Denso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
» more
Market metricsWith hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
» more
GitHub trending repository
» more
Licensing and pricing modelsFor server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
» more
Open Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
» more

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
eXtremeDBGridDBHeroicIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2TimesTen
Recent citations in the news

eXtremeDB 8.4 Unveils Exciting New Features and Enhancements
13 May 2024, EE Journal

Latest embedded DBMS supports asymmetric multiprocessing systems
24 May 2023, Embedded

McObject Announces the Release of eXtremeDB/rt 1.2
23 May 2023, Embedded Computing Design

The Data in Hard Real-time SCADA Systems Lets Companies Do More with Less
11 August 2023, Automation.com

McObject & IBM Set New Records for Speed & Stability in STAC-M3 Benchmark for Capital Markets
3 November 2015, Yahoo Lifestyle UK

provided by Google News

General Availability of GridDB® 5.5 Enterprise Edition ~Enhancing the efficiency of IoT system development and ...
16 January 2024, global.toshiba

Toshiba launches cloudy managed IoT database service running its own GridDB
8 April 2021, The Register

GridDB Use case Large-scale high-speed processing of smart meter data following the deregulation of electrical power ...
1 November 2020, global.toshiba

General Availability of GridDB 5.1 Enterprise Edition ~ Continuous database usage in the event of data center failure ...
19 August 2022, global.toshiba

IoT: Opt for the Right Open Source Database
11 August 2023, Open Source For You

provided by Google News

Review: Google Bigtable scales with ease
7 September 2016, InfoWorld

provided by Google News

Data migration strategies to Amazon RDS for Db2 | Amazon Web Services
15 May 2024, AWS Blog

Simplify workload management and cloud provisioning with Amazon RDS for Db2’s consumption-based licensing
21 May 2024, ibm.com

IBM's vintage Db2 database jumps on AWS's cloud bandwagon
29 November 2023, The Register

Precisely Supports Amazon RDS for Db2 Service with Real-Time Data Integration Capabilities
3 April 2024, precisely.com

Precisely says it's smoothing migration of Db2 analytics data to AWS cloud – Blocks and Files
5 April 2024, Blocks & Files

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

RaimaDB logo

RaimaDB, embedded database for mission-critical applications. When performance, footprint and reliability matters.
Try RaimaDB for free.

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

AllegroGraph logo

Graph Database Leader for AI Knowledge Graph Applications - The Most Secure Graph Database Available.
Free Download

Milvus logo

Vector database designed for GenAI, fully equipped for enterprise implementation.
Try Managed Milvus for Free

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

Present your product here