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System Properties Comparison GridDB vs. Rockset vs. Spark SQL vs. SpatiaLite vs. STSdb

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NameGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingSpatial extension of SQLiteKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
Search engine
Relational DBMS
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Score2.09
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score18.04
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Score1.63
Rank#146  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#357  Overall
#51  Key-value stores
Websitegriddb.netrockset.comspark.apache.org/­sqlwww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­indexgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationdocs.griddb.netdocs.rockset.comspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.htmlwww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.html
DeveloperToshiba CorporationRocksetApache Software FoundationAlessandro FurieriSTS Soft SC
Initial release20132019201420082011
Current release5.1, August 20223.5.0 ( 2.13), September 20235.0.0, August 20204.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1Open Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageC++C++ScalaC++C#
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedLinux
OS X
Windows
server-lessWindows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampdynamic typingyesyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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.nono infoingestion from XML files supportednono
Secondary indexesyesall fields are automatically indexednoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)Read-only SQL queries, including JOINsSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HTTP RESTJDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Java
Python
R
Scala
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonononono
Triggersyesnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingAutomatic shardingyes, utilizing Spark Corenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyesnonenonenone
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 containersEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID at container levelnonoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consolenonono
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GridDBRocksetSpark SQLSpatiaLiteSTSdb
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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