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System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. HyperSQL vs. QuestDB vs. TinkerGraph

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
This system has been discontinued and will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageHighly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksMultithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Key-value store
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score3.49
Rank#87  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#348  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositoryhsqldb.orgquestdb.iotinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docshsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmlquestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperApache Software FoundationAtos Convergence CreatorsQuestDB Technology Inc
Initial release20122016200120142009
Current release1.20.3, January 202317032.7.2, June 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infobased on BSD licenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustJava
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxAll OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modesLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptionalyesyesyes
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.noyesnonono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnoyesSQL with time-series extensionsno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
LDAPHTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesC++All languages with LDAP bindingsAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoJava, SQLnono
Triggersnoyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infocell divisionnonehorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)none
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesnoneSource-replica replication with eventual consistencynone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDACID for single-table writesno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyesoptional
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyes infothrough memory mapped filesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceLDAP bind authenticationfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno
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Apache DrillAtos Standard Common RepositoryHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDBQuestDBTinkerGraph
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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