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ITTIA DB

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by ITTIA L.L.C. · since 2007 · also known as ITTIA DB SQL, ITTIA DB Lite, ITTIA DB Platform

Embedded time-series and relational database for microcontrollers, RTOS and edge AI devices.

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Overview

ITTIA DB is an embedded database family from ITTIA in Bellevue, Washington, aimed at devices that need to store and analyse data locally. ITTIA DB targets Linux, Windows, Android, QNX and VxWorks with SQL, replication and time-series features, while ITTIA DB Lite fits on microcontrollers under FreeRTOS, Zephyr or bare metal. The company now positions the line around edge AI, with ITTIA Data Connect for moving device data upstream and analytics tooling on top. It is a specialist commercial product: useful when SQLite lacks time-series handling or real-time guarantees, but with a small public footprint and few independent references.

Embedded / in-processIoT & telemetryEdge & serverlessTime-series data

Strengths & trade-offs

Strengths

  • +Runs on microcontrollers and RTOSes where general-purpose databases cannot
  • +Time-series storage and analytics designed for sensor data at the edge
  • +Replication and data-connect tooling to ship device data to servers
  • +Real-time oriented design for deterministic embedded behaviour

Trade-offs

  • −Quote-based commercial licensing
  • −Little public documentation, versioning or community
  • −Narrow focus on embedded devices

Great for

  • +Industrial IoT sensor logging and local analytics
  • +Medical and automotive device data
  • +Edge AI preprocessing on microcontrollers

Think twice for

  • −Server-side applications
  • −Open-source projects
  • −Large analytical datasets

Capabilities

Native or official first-party support · 6 of 25 tracked

✓Transactions
✓Joins
✓Secondary indexes
✓In-memory
✓Durable persistence
✓Streaming ingest
–Full-text search
–Vector search
–Geospatial
–JSON
–Change data capture
–Triggers
–Stored procedures
–Materialized views
–TTL / expiry
–Pub/Sub
–Columnar storage
–Compression
–Encryption at rest
–Role-based access
–Time travel
–Branching
–Online schema changes
–Offline sync
–Runs in WebAssembly

Scale & consistency

Comfortable data size
Small · ≤ 100 GB
Horizontal scaling
None
Multi-region
No
Transactions
Full ACID
Consistency
Strong
Schema
Strict
Architecture
Embedded, In memory
Query languages
SQL, C API

Deployment

Self-hosted Vendor-managed cloud Serverless Embedded Edge Kubernetes operator

Ecosystem

apis & protocolsC API, C++ API, ODBC, JDBC
client languagesC, C++, Java, Python

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SQLiteRelational75.5

The in-process SQL engine that ships in every phone, browser and OS: one file, zero servers.

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Empress Embedded DatabaseRelational2.8

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ITTIA DB FAQ

What is ITTIA DB?

ITTIA DB is a time-series database by ITTIA L.L.C., first released in 2007. ITTIA DB is an embedded database family from ITTIA in Bellevue, Washington, aimed at devices that need to store and analyse data locally. ITTIA DB targets Linux, Windows, Android, QNX and VxWorks with SQL, replication and time-series features, while ITTIA DB Lite fits on microcontrollers under FreeRTOS, Zephyr or bare metal. The company now positions the line around edge AI, with ITTIA Data Connect for moving device data upstream and analytics tooling on top. It is a specialist commercial product: useful when SQLite lacks time-series handling or real-time guarantees, but with a small public footprint and few independent references.

Is ITTIA DB open source?

No. ITTIA DB is proprietary, closed-source software.

Does ITTIA DB support ACID transactions?

Yes. ITTIA DB supports full ACID transactions, with strong consistency.

Does ITTIA DB scale horizontally?

ITTIA DB does not scale horizontally; it runs on a single node, so you scale it up rather than out. It is comfortable at small scale (≤ 100 GB).

How can I run ITTIA DB?

You can self-host it, embed it in your application and run it at the edge.

What is ITTIA DB best for?

ITTIA DB is a strong fit for industrial IoT sensor logging and local analytics; medical and automotive device data; and edge AI preprocessing on microcontrollers. Think twice for server-side applications.

What are the best alternatives to ITTIA DB?

Common alternatives to ITTIA DB include Raima Database Manager, eXtremeDB, SQLite, Empress Embedded Database and ObjectBox. The right choice depends on your workload, scale and hosting; WhichDB's smart match ranks them against your requirements.

How popular is ITTIA DB?

ITTIA DB has little measurable public adoption today, so it ranks near the bottom of the WhichDB Score.