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System Properties Comparison InfluxDB vs. OrigoDB vs. SurrealDB vs. XTDB

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NameInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDBMS for storing time series, events and metricsA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMSA general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Document store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith GEO package
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score25.83
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#53  Document stores
#20  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#203  Overall
#34  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#343  Overall
#46  Document stores
Websitewww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overvieworigodb.comsurrealdb.comgithub.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationdocs.influxdata.com/­influxdborigodb.com/­docssurrealdb.com/­docswww.xtdb.com/­docs
DeveloperRobert Friberg et alSurrealDB LtdJuxt Ltd.
Initial release20132009 infounder the name LiveDB20222019
Current release2.7.6, April 2024v1.5.0, May 20241.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availableOpen SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageGoC#RustClojure
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
Linux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
All OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateNumeric data and StringsUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyesyes, extensible-data-notation format
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.nono infocan be achieved using .NETno
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagenoSQL-like query languagelimited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JSON over UDP
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
HTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languages.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
.NetDeno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Clojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesno
Triggersnoyes infoDomain Eventsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoin enterprise version onlyhorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizednone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlySource-replica replicationyes, each node contains all data
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynodepending on modelno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoWrite ahead logyesyes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoDepending on used storage engineyes
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accountsRole based authorizationyes, based on authentication and database rules
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InfluxDBOrigoDBSurrealDBXTDB infoformerly named Crux
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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