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System Properties Comparison Apache Druid vs. JSqlDb vs. MonetDB vs. Pinecone vs. QuestDB

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NameApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataJavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesA relational database management system that stores data in columnsA managed, cloud-native vector databaseA high performance open source SQL database for time series data
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMSVector DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score3.34
Rank#88  Overall
#48  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#145  Overall
#67  Relational DBMS
Score3.16
Rank#95  Overall
#2  Vector DBMS
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Websitedruid.apache.orgjsqldb.org (offline)www.monetdb.orgwww.pinecone.ioquestdb.io
Technical documentationdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationdocs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overviewquestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsKonrad von BackstromMonetDB BVPinecone Systems, IncQuestDB Technology Inc
Initial release20122018200420192014
Current release29.0.1, April 20240.8, December 2018Dec2023 (11.49), December 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache license v2Open SourceOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaCJava (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Unix
Linux
macOS
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyes infoschema-less columns are supportedschema-freeyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocol
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesString, Number, Booleanyes
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 indexesyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL for queryingnoyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsnoSQL with time-series extensions
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP APIHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languagesClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
JavaScriptC
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
PythonC infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnofunctions in JavaScriptyes, in SQL, C, Rno
Triggersnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infomanual/auto, time-basednoneSharding via remote tableshorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesnonenone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusSource-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 ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID for single-table writes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing RocksDByesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Apache DruidJSqlDbMonetDBPineconeQuestDB
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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