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DBMS > GridDB vs. KairosDB vs. Lovefield vs. SwayDB vs. Yanza

System Properties Comparison GridDB vs. KairosDB vs. Lovefield vs. SwayDB vs. Yanza

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NameGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonKairosDB  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparisonYanza  Xexclude from comparison
Yanza seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionScalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataDistributed Time Series DBMS based on Cassandra or H2Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storageTime Series DBMS for IoT Applications
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
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Score2.09
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score0.67
Rank#233  Overall
#20  Time Series DBMS
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Websitegriddb.netgithub.com/­kairosdb/­kairosdbgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldswaydb.simer.auyanza.com
Technical documentationdocs.griddb.netkairosdb.github.iogithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.md
DeveloperToshiba CorporationGoogleSimer PlahaYanza
Initial release20132013201420182015
Current release5.1, August 20221.2.2, November 20182.1.12, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0commercial infofree version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono infobut mainly used as a service provided by Yanza
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Implementation languageC++JavaJavaScriptScala
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariWindows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampyesyesnono
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)noSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Graphite protocol
HTTP REST
Telnet API
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
JavaScriptJava
Kotlin
Scala
any language that supports HTTP calls
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonononono
TriggersyesnoUsing read-only observersnoyes infoTimer and event based
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infobased on Cassandranonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandranonenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID at container levelnoACIDAtomic execution of operationsno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes infousing MemoryDByes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per databasesimple password-based access controlnonono
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GridDBKairosDBLovefieldSwayDBYanza
Specific characteristicsGridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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Competitive advantages1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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Typical application scenariosFactory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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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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