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System Properties Comparison GridDB vs. Realm vs. Rockset vs. SpaceTime

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NameGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSDocument storeDocument storeSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
Search engine
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.95
Rank#128  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Websitegriddb.netrealm.iorockset.comwww.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationdocs.griddb.netrealm.io/­docsdocs.rockset.com
DeveloperToshiba CorporationRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019RocksetMireo
Initial release2013201420192020
Current release5.1, August 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availableOpen Sourcecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageC++C++C++
Server operating systemsLinuxAndroid
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
hostedLinux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampyesdynamic typingyes
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 infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesyesyesall fields are automatically indexedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)noRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HTTP RESTRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessarynono
Triggersyesyes infoChange Listenersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneAutomatic shardingFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneyesReal-time block device replication (DRBD)
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 ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID at container levelACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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.yesyes infoIn-Memory realmno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseyesAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleyes
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GridDBRealmRocksetSpaceTime
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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