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System Properties Comparison Apache Druid vs. Manticore Search vs. QuestDB vs. SAP Advantage Database Server

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NameApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADS  Xexclude from comparison
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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 dataLow-cost RDBMS with access to ISAM and FoxPro data structures
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Search engineTime Series DBMSRelational 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
Websitedruid.apache.orgmanticoresearch.comquestdb.iowww.sap.com/products/advantage-database-server.html
Technical documentationdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designmanual.manticoresearch.comquestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsManticore SoftwareQuestDB Technology IncSybase, SAP
Initial release2012201720141993
Current release29.0.1, April 20246.0, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache license v2Open Source infoGPL version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++Java (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Unix
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyes infoschema-less columns are supportedFixed schemayes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesInt, 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.noCan index from XMLnono
Secondary indexesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL for queryingSQL-like query languageSQL with time-series extensionsyes
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
.NET Client API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
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
Delphi
Perl
PHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsnoyes
Triggersnononoyes
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)none
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 consistencyMulti-source replication infoCONFLICT Trigger to resolve replication conflicts
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
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 datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infothrough memory mapped filesno infocaching of (temporary) tables can be configured
User concepts infoAccess controlRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Apache DruidManticore SearchQuestDBSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADS
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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