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System Properties Comparison GridDB vs. Informix vs. Memgraph vs. TerarkDB

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NameGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonInformix  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataA secure embeddable database from IBM, positioned besides IBM Db2 as a relatively low-cost product optimized for OLTP and Internet of Things dataAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDB
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypes compatible with MongoDBGraph DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS infowith Informix TimeSeries Extension
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.95
Rank#128  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score17.87
Rank#35  Overall
#22  Relational DBMS
Score3.02
Rank#98  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Websitegriddb.netwww.ibm.com/­products/­informixmemgraph.comgithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationdocs.griddb.netinformix.hcldoc.com
www.ibm.com/­support/­knowledgecenter/­SSGU8G/­welcomeIfxServers.html
memgraph.com/­docsbytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperToshiba CorporationIBM, HCL Technologies infoEffective May 1st, 2017, HCL took on development, technical support, and product management teams, and works jointly with IBM on product strategy, marketing, and sales.Memgraph LtdByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release2013198420172016
Current release5.1, August 202214.10.FC5, November 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availablecommercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availablecommercial inforestricted open source version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C, C++ and JavaC and C++C++
Server operating systemsLinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesschema-free and schema-optionalschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampyes infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypesyesno
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)yesnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
JSON API infoMongoDB compatible
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
C++ API
Java API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesno
Triggersyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingSharding infodynamic graph partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication using RAFTnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes inforelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID at container levelACIDACID infowith snapshot isolationno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseUsers with fine-grained authentication, authorization, and auditing controlsUsers, roles and permissionsno
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GridDBInformixMemgraphTerarkDB
Specific characteristicsGridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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Memgraph directly connects to your streaming infrastructure so you and your team...
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Competitive advantages1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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Business Source License ensures a future for the Memgraph community MAGE algorithm...
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Typical application scenariosFactory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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Graph algorithms in bioinformatics Social network analysis Cryptocurrency network...
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Key customersDenso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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Market metricsGitHub trending repository
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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