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System Properties Comparison Apache Druid vs. Manticore Search vs. QuestDB vs. RDF4J vs. Sequoiadb

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NameApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.A high performance open source SQL database for time series dataRDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.NewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Search engineTime Series DBMSRDF storeDocument store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar LibraryRelational DBMS
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Score3.34
Rank#88  Overall
#48  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score0.22
Rank#312  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Score0.69
Rank#230  Overall
#9  RDF stores
Score0.45
Rank#261  Overall
#41  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Websitedruid.apache.orgmanticoresearch.comquestdb.iordf4j.orgwww.sequoiadb.com
Technical documentationdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designmanual.manticoresearch.comquestdb.io/­docsrdf4j.org/­documentationwww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=index
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsManticore SoftwareQuestDB Technology IncSince 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.Sequoiadb Ltd.
Initial release20122017201420042013
Current release29.0.1, April 20246.0, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache license v2Open Source infoGPL version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoEclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.Open Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++Java (Zero-GC), C++, RustJavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Unix
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyes infoschema-less columns are supportedFixed schemayes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyes infoRDF Schemasschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Booleanyesyesyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regex
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.noCan index from XMLnono
Secondary indexesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL for queryingSQL-like query languageSQL with time-series extensionsnoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Binary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Java API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL infoSesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL
proprietary protocol using JSON
Supported programming languagesClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Java
PHP
Python
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsnoyesJavaScript
Triggersnononoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infomanual/auto, time-basedSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedhorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)noneSharding
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 consistencynoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
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 infoIsolation support depends on the API usedDocument is locked during a transaction
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.yesyes infoin-memory storage is supported as wellyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infothrough memory mapped filesno
User concepts infoAccess controlRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemnonosimple password-based access control
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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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