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System Properties Comparison gStore vs. InfluxDB vs. Lovefield vs. RocksDB vs. SQream DB

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NamegStore  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonRocksDB  Xexclude from comparisonSQream DB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA native Graph DBMS to store and maintain very large RDF datasets.DBMS for storing time series, events and metricsEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptEmbeddable persistent key-value store optimized for fast storage (flash and RAM)a GPU-based, columnar RDBMS for big data analytics workloads
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
RDF store
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith GEO package
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.14
Rank#342  Overall
#34  Graph DBMS
#16  RDF stores
Score24.39
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score3.41
Rank#86  Overall
#11  Key-value stores
Score0.74
Rank#224  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
Websiteen.gstore.cnwww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldrocksdb.orgsqream.com
Technical documentationen.gstore.cn/­#/­enDocsdocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdgithub.com/­facebook/­rocksdb/­wikidocs.sqream.com
DeveloperGoogleFacebook, Inc.SQream Technologies
Initial release20162013201420132017
Current release1.2, November 20232.7.6, April 20242.1.12, February 20179.2.1, May 20242022.1.6, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSDOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoBSDcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++GoJavaScriptC++C++, CUDA, Haskell, Java, Scala
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinuxLinux
Data schemeschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema supportschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumeric data and Stringsyesnoyes, ANSI Standard SQL Types
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnoyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternnoyes
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
HTTP API
JSON over UDP
C++ API
Java API
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
JavaScriptC
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnononouser defined functions in Python
TriggersnoUsing read-only observersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoin enterprise version onlynonehorizontal partitioninghorizontal and vertical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlynoneyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesnoACIDyesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infoDepending on used storage engineyes infousing MemoryDByes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers, roles and permissions, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) supportedsimple rights management via user accountsnono
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gStoreInfluxDBLovefieldRocksDBSQream DB
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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