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System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud TSDB vs. DolphinDB vs. Drizzle vs. HarperDB vs. Quasardb

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NameAlibaba Cloud TSDB  Xexclude from comparisonDolphinDB  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionA stable, reliable, and cost-effective online high-performance time series database serviceDolphinDB is a high performance Time Series DBMS. It is integrated with an easy-to-use fully featured programming language and a high-volume high-velocity streaming analytics system. It offers operational simplicity, scalability, fault tolerance, and concurrency.MySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.Ultra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.Distributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score0.29
Rank#301  Overall
#26  Time Series DBMS
Score4.03
Rank#78  Overall
#6  Time Series DBMS
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.21
Rank#322  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­hitsdbwww.dolphindb.comwww.harperdb.ioquasar.ai
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­time-series-database/­latest/­what-is-tsdbdocs.dolphindb.cn/­en/­help200/­index.htmldocs.harperdb.io/­docsdoc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperAlibabaDolphinDB, IncDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerHarperDBquasardb
Initial release2018200820172009
Current releasev2.00.4, January 20227.2.4, September 20123.1, August 20213.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree community version availableOpen Source infoGNU GPLcommercial infofree community edition availablecommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licenses
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageC++C++Node.jsC++
Server operating systemshostedLinux
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Linux
OS X
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesdynamic schemaschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateNumeric data and Stringsyesyesyes infoJSON data typesyes infointeger and binary
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 indexesnoyesyesyesyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languageyes infowith proprietary extensionsSQL-like data manipulation statementsSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsHTTP RESTJDBC
JSON over HTTP
Kafka
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
OPC DA
OPC UA
RabbitMQ
WebSocket
JDBCJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
MatLab
Python
R
Rust
C
C++
Java
PHP
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1no
Triggersnonono infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.nono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningShardingA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedSource-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonowith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyesACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes, using LMDByes infoby using LevelDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess managed on TSDB instance levelAdministrators, Users, GroupsPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPAccess rights for users and rolesCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail

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