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System Properties Comparison GridGain vs. InfluxDB vs. JanusGraph vs. Lovefield vs. StarRocks

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NameGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonJanusGraph infosuccessor of Titan  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonStarRocks  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache IgniteDBMS for storing time series, events and metricsA Graph DBMS optimized for distributed clusters infoIt was forked from the latest code base of Titan in January 2017Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptAn open source, high-performance columnar analytical database that enables real-time, multi-dimensional, and highly concurrent data analytics infoForked from Apache Doris
Primary database modelKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSGraph DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith GEO package
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.55
Rank#150  Overall
#26  Key-value stores
#70  Relational DBMS
Score24.39
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score2.02
Rank#125  Overall
#12  Graph DBMS
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score0.93
Rank#198  Overall
#93  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.gridgain.comwww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewjanusgraph.orggoogle.github.io/­lovefieldwww.starrocks.io
Technical documentationwww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmldocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbdocs.janusgraph.orggithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mddocs.starrocks.io/­en-us/­latest/­introduction/­StarRocks_intro
DeveloperGridGain Systems, Inc.Linux Foundation; originally developed as Titan by AureliusGoogleThe Linux Foundation infosince Feb 2023
Initial release20072013201720142020
Current releaseGridGain 8.5.12.7.6, April 20240.6.3, February 20232.1.12, February 20173.3, June 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJava, C++, .NetGoJavaJavaScriptC++, Java
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumeric data and Stringsyesyesyes
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.yesnononono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLSQL-like query languagenoSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternyes
APIs and other access methodsHDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
HTTP API
JSON over UDP
Java API
TinkerPop Blueprints
TinkerPop Frames
TinkerPop Gremlin
TinkerPop Rexster
JDBC
MySQL protocol
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Clojure
Java
Python
JavaScriptJava
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)noyesnouser defined functions
Triggersyes (cache interceptors and events)noyesUsing read-only observersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infoin enterprise version onlyyes infodepending on the used storage backend (e.g. Cassandra, HBase, BerkeleyDB)nonehorizontal partitioning (by range and hash)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes (replicated cache)selectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlyyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)noyes infovia Faunus, a graph analytics enginenono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes infoRelationships in graphsyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoSupports various storage backends: Cassandra, HBase, Berkeley DB, Akiban, Hazelcastyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoDepending on used storage engineyes infousing MemoryDBno
User concepts infoAccess controlSecurity Hooks for custom implementationssimple rights management via user accountsUser authentification and security via Rexster Graph ServernoRole based access control and fine grained access rights
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Specific characteristicsInfluxData is the creator of InfluxDB , the open source time series database. It...
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Competitive advantagesTime to Value InfluxDB is available in all the popular languages and frameworks,...
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Typical application scenariosIoT & Sensor Monitoring Developers are witnessing the instrumentation of every available...
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Key customersInfluxData has more than 1,900 paying customers, including customers include MuleSoft,...
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Market metricsFastest-growing database to drive 27,500 GitHub stars Over 750,000 daily active instances
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source core with closed source clustering available either on-premise or on...
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