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System Properties Comparison Apache Doris vs. Badger vs. IBM Db2 Event Store vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. QuestDB

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NameApache Doris  Xexclude from comparisonBadger  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 Event Store  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn MPP-based analytics DBMS embracing the MySQL protocolAn embeddable, persistent, simple and fast Key-Value Store, written purely in Go.Distributed Event Store optimized for Internet of Things use casesDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerA high performance open source SQL database for time series data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeEvent Store
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score0.69
Rank#237  Overall
#108  Relational DBMS
Score0.20
Rank#325  Overall
#49  Key-value stores
Score0.23
Rank#316  Overall
#2  Event Stores
#28  Time Series DBMS
Score78.40
Rank#15  Overall
#10  Relational DBMS
Score2.48
Rank#115  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Websitedoris.apache.org
github.com/­apache/­doris
github.com/­dgraph-io/­badgerwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2-event-storeazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasequestdb.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­apache/­doris/­wikigodoc.org/­github.com/­dgraph-io/­badgerwww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2-event-storedocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlquestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation, originally contributed from BaiduDGraph LabsIBMMicrosoftQuestDB Technology Inc
Initial release20172017201720102014
Current release1.2.2, February 20232.0V12
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree developer edition availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaGoC and C++C++Java (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemsLinuxBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux infoLinux, macOS, Windows for the developer additionhostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocol
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes
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.nononoyesno
Secondary indexesyesnonoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyes infothrough the embedded Spark runtimeyesSQL with time-series extensions
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
MySQL client
ADO.NET
DB2 Connect
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languagesJavaGoC
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoyesTransact SQLno
Triggersnononoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningnoneShardinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneActive-active shard replicationyes, with always 3 replicas availableSource-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDACID for single-table writes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesNo - written data is immutableyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesYes - Synchronous writes to local disk combined with replication and asynchronous writes in parquet format to permanent shared storageyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Apache DorisBadgerIBM Db2 Event StoreMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL AzureQuestDB
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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