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DBMS > Amazon CloudSearch vs. QuestDB vs. SQream DB vs. StarRocks

System Properties Comparison Amazon CloudSearch vs. QuestDB vs. SQream DB vs. StarRocks

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NameAmazon CloudSearch  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSQream DB  Xexclude from comparisonStarRocks  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA hosted search engine service by Amazon with the data stored in Amazons cloudA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataa GPU-based, columnar RDBMS for big data analytics workloadsAn open source, high-performance columnar analytical database that enables real-time, multi-dimensional, and highly concurrent data analytics infoForked from Apache Doris
Primary database modelSearch engineTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.86
Rank#133  Overall
#12  Search engines
Score2.81
Rank#98  Overall
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score0.62
Rank#234  Overall
#109  Relational DBMS
Score0.95
Rank#193  Overall
#89  Relational DBMS
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchquestdb.iosqream.comwww.starrocks.io
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchquestdb.io/­docsdocs.sqream.comdocs.starrocks.io/­en-us/­latest/­introduction/­StarRocks_intro
DeveloperAmazonQuestDB Technology IncSQream TechnologiesThe Linux Foundation infosince Feb 2023
Initial release2012201420172020
Current release2022.1.6, December 20223.3, June 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++, CUDA, Haskell, Java, ScalaC++, Java
Server operating systemshostedLinux
macOS
Windows
LinuxLinux
Data schemeyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes, ANSI Standard SQL Typesyes
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
Secondary indexesyes infoall search fields are automatically indexednonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL with time-series extensionsyesyes
APIs and other access methodsHTTP APIHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
MySQL protocol
Supported programming languagesC infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functions in Pythonuser defined functions
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infoautomatic partitioning across Amazon Search Instance as requiredhorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)horizontal and vertical partitioninghorizontal partitioning (by range and hash)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infomanaged transparently by AWSSource-replica replication with eventual consistencynone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID for single-table writesACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infothrough memory mapped filesno
User concepts infoAccess controlauthentication via encrypted signaturesRole based access control and fine grained access rights
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