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System Properties Comparison GridDB vs. ObjectBox vs. Oracle NoSQL vs. TiDB

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NameGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonOracle NoSQL  Xexclude from comparisonTiDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsA multi-model, scalable, distributed NoSQL database, designed to provide highly reliable, flexible, and available data management across a configurable set of storage nodesTiDB is an open source distributed SQL database that supports Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing (HTAP) workloads. It is MySQL compatible and features horizontal scalability, strong consistency, and high availability.
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document store
Key-value store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.09
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
#7  Vector DBMS
Score3.05
Rank#97  Overall
#17  Document stores
#16  Key-value stores
#50  Relational DBMS
Score4.25
Rank#74  Overall
#40  Relational DBMS
Websitegriddb.netgithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
www.oracle.com/­database/­nosql/­technologies/­nosqlpingcap.com
Technical documentationdocs.griddb.netdocs.objectbox.iodocs.oracle.com/­en/­database/­other-databases/­nosql-database/­index.htmldocs.pingcap.com/­tidb/­stable
DeveloperToshiba CorporationObjectBox LimitedOraclePingCAP, Inc.
Initial release2013201720112016
Current release5.1, August 20224.0 (May 2024)24.1, May 20248.1.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availableBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoProprietary for Enterprise Edition (Oracle Database EE license has Oracle NoSQL database EE covered: details)Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C and C++JavaGo, Rust
Server operating systemsLinuxAndroid
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
Linux
Solaris SPARC/x86
Linux
Data schemeyesyesSupport Fixed schema and Schema-less deployment with the ability to interoperate between them.yes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampyes, plus "flex" map-like typesoptionalyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)noSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Proprietary native APIRESTful HTTP APIGORM
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
SQLAlchemy
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
C
C#
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononono
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardinghorizontal partitioning (by key range)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlineElectable source-replica replication per shard. Support distributed global deployment with Multi-region table featureUsing Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsnowith Hadoop integrationyes infowith TiSpark Connector
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infodepending on configuration
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes infofull support since version 6.6
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID at container levelACIDconfigurable infoACID within a storage node (=shard)ACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes infooff heap cacheno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseyesAccess rights for users and rolesFine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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GridDBObjectBoxOracle NoSQLTiDB
Specific characteristicsGridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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TiDB is an advanced open-source, distributed SQL database for modern application...
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Competitive advantages1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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- HORIZONTAL SCALING : TiDB grants total transparency into your data workloads without...
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Typical application scenariosFactory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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TiDB is ideal for transactional applications that require extreme scalability and...
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Key customersDenso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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Block, Pinterest, Catalyst, Bolt, Flipkart, Capcom, Shopee (E-commerce), JD Cloud...
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Market metricsGitHub trending repository
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34K+ GitHub stars 5K+ members in TiDB Community Slack 1K+ community contributors...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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TiDB Community : Free open source software (Apache 2.0) TiDB Self-Hosted : Enterprise...
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