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System Properties Comparison Ignite vs. InfinityDB vs. MonetDB vs. TimescaleDB vs. Vertica

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NameIgnite  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonTimescaleDB  Xexclude from comparisonVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApache Ignite is a memory-centric distributed database, caching, and processing platform for transactional, analytical, and streaming workloads, delivering in-memory speeds at petabyte scale.A Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceA relational database management system that stores data in columnsA time series DBMS optimized for fast ingest and complex queries, based on PostgreSQLCloud or off-cloud analytical database and query engine for structured and semi-structured streaming and batch data. Machine learning platform with built-in algorithms, data preparation capabilities, and model evaluation and management via SQL or Python.
Primary database modelKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS infoColumn oriented
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.11
Rank#96  Overall
#15  Key-value stores
#49  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Score1.72
Rank#141  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Score4.46
Rank#71  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score10.06
Rank#42  Overall
#26  Relational DBMS
Websiteignite.apache.orgboilerbay.comwww.monetdb.orgwww.timescale.comwww.vertica.com
Technical documentationapacheignite.readme.io/­docsboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationdocs.timescale.comvertica.com/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software FoundationBoiler Bay Inc.MonetDB BVTimescaleOpenText infopreviously Micro Focus and Hewlett Packard
Initial release20152002200420172005
Current releaseApache Ignite 2.64.0Dec2023 (11.49), December 20232.15.0, May 202412.0.3, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial infoLimited community edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono infoon-premises, all major clouds - Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and containers
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Implementation languageC++, Java, .NetJavaCCC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VMFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeyesyesYes, but also semi-structure/unstructured data storage, and complex hierarchical data (like Parquet) stored and/or queried.
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyesnumerics, strings, booleans, arrays, JSON blobs, geospatial dimensions, currencies, binary data, other complex data typesyes
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.yesnoyesno
Secondary indexesyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesyesNo Indexes Required. Different internal optimization strategy, but same functionality included.
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLnoyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsyes infofull PostgreSQL SQL syntaxFull 1999 standard plus machine learning, time series and geospatial. Over 650 functions.
APIs and other access methodsHDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
ADO.NET
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spark Connector
vSQL infocharacter-based, interactive, front-end utility
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
JavaC
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java infoJDBC
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)noyes, in SQL, C, Ruser defined functions, PL/pgSQL, PL/Tcl, PL/Perl, PL/Python, PL/Java, PL/PHP, PL/R, PL/Ruby, PL/Scheme, PL/Unix shellyes, PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL, with minor differences
Triggersyes (cache interceptors and events)noyesyesyes, called Custom Alerts
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding via remote tablesyes, across time and space (hash partitioning) attributeshorizontal partitioning, hierarchical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes (replicated cache)nonenone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusSource-replica replication with hot standby and reads on replicas infoMulti-source replication infoOne, or more copies of data replicated across nodes, or object-store used for repository.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)nononono infoBi-directional Spark integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsACIDACIDACID
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.yesnonono
User concepts infoAccess controlSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard; supports Kerberos, LDAP, Ident and hash
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Specific characteristicsDeploy-anywhere database for large-scale analytical deployments. Deploy off-cloud,...
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Competitive advantagesFast, scalable, and capable of high concurrency. Separation of compute/storage leverages...
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Typical application scenariosCommunication and network analytics, Embedded analytics, Fraud monitoring and Risk...
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Key customersAbiba Systems, Adform, adMarketplace, AmeriPride, Anritsu, AOL, Avito, Auckland Transport,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsCost-based models and subscription-based models are both available. One license is...
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