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System Properties Comparison Apache Druid vs. GreptimeDB vs. Manticore Search vs. QuestDB vs. TerminusDB

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NameApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.A high performance open source SQL database for time series dataScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMSSearch engineTime Series DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar LibraryRelational DBMSDocument store
RDF store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.34
Rank#88  Overall
#48  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#352  Overall
#33  Time Series DBMS
Score0.22
Rank#312  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#325  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
Websitedruid.apache.orggreptime.commanticoresearch.comquestdb.ioterminusdb.com
Technical documentationdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designdocs.greptime.commanual.manticoresearch.comquestdb.io/­docsterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsGreptime Inc.Manticore SoftwareQuestDB Technology IncDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release20122022201720142018
Current release29.0.1, April 20246.0, February 202311.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache license v2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPL version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaRustC++Java (Zero-GC), C++, RustProlog, Rust
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Unix
Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyes infoschema-less columns are supportedschema-free, schema definition possibleFixed schemayes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Booleanyesyes
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.nonoCan index from XMLnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL for queryingyesSQL-like query languageSQL with time-series extensionsSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
Binary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languagesClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoPythonuser defined functionsnoyes
Triggersnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infomanual/auto, time-basedShardingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedhorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Graph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesSynchronous replication based on Galera librarySource-replica replication with eventual consistencyJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesACID for single-table writesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.yesyes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemSimple rights management via user accountsnoRole-based access control
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Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Relational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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High ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Financial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Banks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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