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System Properties Comparison Apache IoTDB vs. EsgynDB vs. QuestDB vs. RocksDB

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NameApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonRocksDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn IoT native database with high performance for data management and analysis, deployable on the edge and the cloud and integrated with Hadoop, Spark and FlinkEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataEmbeddable persistent key-value store optimized for fast storage (flash and RAM)
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score1.31
Rank#159  Overall
#14  Time Series DBMS
Score0.15
Rank#325  Overall
#144  Relational DBMS
Score2.81
Rank#98  Overall
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score2.84
Rank#97  Overall
#16  Key-value stores
Websiteiotdb.apache.orgwww.esgyn.cnquestdb.iorocksdb.org
Technical documentationiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmlquestdb.io/­docsgithub.com/­facebook/­rocksdb/­wiki
DeveloperApache Software FoundationEsgynQuestDB Technology IncFacebook, Inc.
Initial release2018201520142013
Current release1.1.0, April 20239.4.0, June 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoBSD
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++, JavaJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)LinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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 indexesyesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageyesSQL with time-series extensionsno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Native API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
C++ API
Java API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetC infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesJava Stored Proceduresnono
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)Shardinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)horizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasMulti-source replication between multi datacentersSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsIntegration with Hadoop and Sparkyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID for single-table writesyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes infothrough memory mapped filesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno
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