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System Properties Comparison GridGain vs. Kdb vs. LevelDB vs. ObjectBox vs. Sequoiadb

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NameGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonLevelDB  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache IgniteHigh performance Time Series DBMSEmbeddable fast key-value storage library that provides an ordered mapping from string keys to string valuesExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQL
Primary database modelKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Key-value storeObject oriented DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.47
Rank#154  Overall
#26  Key-value stores
#72  Relational DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score2.35
Rank#111  Overall
#19  Key-value stores
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.45
Rank#261  Overall
#41  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.gridgain.comkx.comgithub.com/­google/­leveldbobjectbox.iowww.sequoiadb.com
Technical documentationwww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmlcode.kx.comgithub.com/­google/­leveldb/­blob/­main/­doc/­index.mddocs.objectbox.iowww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=index
DeveloperGridGain Systems, Inc.Kx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcGoogleObjectBox LimitedSequoiadb Ltd.
Initial release20072000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003201120172013
Current releaseGridGain 8.5.13.6, May 20181.23, February 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoBSDOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJava, C++, .NetqC++C and C++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Illumos
Linux
OS X
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regex
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.yesyesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'noyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLSQL-like query language (q)nonoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsHDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Proprietary native APIproprietary protocol using JSON
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C++
Go
Java info3rd party binding
JavaScript (Node.js) info3rd party binding
Python info3rd party binding
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)user defined functionsnonoJavaScript
Triggersyes (cache interceptors and events)yes infowith viewsnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioningnonenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes (replicated cache)Source-replica replicationnoneonline/offline synchronization between client and serverSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)no infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACIDDocument is locked during a transaction
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infowith automatic compression on writesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsrights management via user accountsnoyessimple password-based access control
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Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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