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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. KairosDB vs. Manticore Search vs. QuestDB vs. SiriDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. KairosDB vs. Manticore Search vs. QuestDB vs. SiriDB

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonKairosDB  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSiriDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopDistributed Time Series DBMS based on Cassandra or H2Multi-storage database for search, including full-text search.A high performance open source SQL database for time series dataOpen Source Time Series DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSSearch engineTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar LibraryRelational DBMS
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.67
Rank#233  Overall
#20  Time Series DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#302  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#378  Overall
#42  Time Series DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orggithub.com/­kairosdb/­kairosdbmanticoresearch.comquestdb.iosiridb.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlkairosdb.github.iomanual.manticoresearch.comquestdb.io/­docsdocs.siridb.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaManticore SoftwareQuestDB Technology IncCesbit
Initial release20132013201720142017
Current release4.1.0, June 20221.2.2, November 20186.0, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaC++Java (Zero-GC), C++, RustC
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeFixed 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 infoNumeric data
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 indexesyesnoyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoSQL-like query languageSQL with time-series extensionsno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Graphite protocol
HTTP REST
Telnet 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
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJava
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenouser defined functionsnono
Triggersnonononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infobased on CassandraSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedhorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraSynchronous replication based on Galera librarySource-replica replication with eventual consistencyyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoyes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesACID for single-table writesno
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
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes infothrough memory mapped filesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberossimple password-based access controlnosimple rights management via user accounts
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Apache ImpalaKairosDBManticore SearchQuestDBSiriDB
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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