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DBMS > InfluxDB vs. ObjectBox vs. Splunk vs. TerminusDB vs. Transwarp Hippo

System Properties Comparison InfluxDB vs. ObjectBox vs. Splunk vs. TerminusDB vs. Transwarp Hippo

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NameInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonSplunk  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp Hippo  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDBMS for storing time series, events and metricsExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileAnalytics Platform for Big DataScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationshipsCloud-native distributed Vector DBMS that supports storage, retrieval, and management of massive vector-based datasets
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSObject oriented DBMSSearch engineGraph DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith GEO packageTime Series DBMSDocument store
RDF store
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Trend Chart
Score24.39
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score89.10
Rank#14  Overall
#2  Search engines
Score0.23
Rank#316  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Score0.05
Rank#386  Overall
#14  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewobjectbox.iowww.splunk.comterminusdb.comwww.transwarp.cn/­en/­subproduct/­hippo
Technical documentationdocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbdocs.objectbox.iodocs.splunk.com/­Documentation/­Splunkterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperObjectBox LimitedSplunk Inc.DataChemist Ltd.
Initial release20132017200320182023
Current release2.7.6, April 202411.0.0, January 20231.0, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availableOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercial infoLimited free edition and free developer edition availableOpen Source infoGPL V3commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageGoC and C++Prolog, RustC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxLinux
macOS
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateNumeric data and StringsyesyesyesVector, Numeric and String
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.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagenono infoSplunk Search Processing Language for search commandsSQL-like query language (WOQL)no
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JSON over UDP
Proprietary native APIHTTP RESTOWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
C#
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript
Python
C++
Java
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyesyesno
Triggersnonoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoin enterprise version onlynoneShardingGraph PartitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlyonline/offline synchronization between client and serverMulti-source replicationJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDno infoA 'Transaction' in Splunk has a different meaning: grouping related events into a single one for later searchingACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoin-memory journalingyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoDepending on used storage enginenonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accountsyesAccess rights for users and rolesRole-based access controlRole based access control and fine grained access rights
More information provided by the system vendor
InfluxDBObjectBoxSplunkTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemistTranswarp Hippo
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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