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System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. mSQL vs. QuestDB vs. XTDB

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataA general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.20
Rank#321  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
#143  Relational DBMS
Score1.27
Rank#167  Overall
#77  Relational DBMS
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#343  Overall
#46  Document stores
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphhughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlquestdb.iogithub.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationquestdb.io/­docswww.xtdb.com/­docs
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Hughes TechnologiesQuestDB Technology IncJuxt Ltd.
Initial release2016199420142019
Current release2.1, December 20184.4, October 20211.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCCJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustClojure
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
All OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemedepending on used data modelyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes, 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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersSQL with time-series extensionslimited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
HTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Clojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonono
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritancenonehorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)none
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyyes, each node contains all data
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACID for single-table writesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesnoyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes, 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.nonoyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno
More information provided by the system vendor
AgensGraphmSQL infoMini SQLQuestDBXTDB infoformerly named Crux
Specific characteristicsRelational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesHigh ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenariosFinancial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Key customersBanks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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