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System Properties Comparison Apache IoTDB vs. GeoMesa vs. Graph Engine vs. QuestDB

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NameApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonGraph Engine infoformer name: Trinity  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  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 FlinkGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.A distributed in-memory data processing engine, underpinned by a strongly-typed RAM store and a general distributed computation engineA high performance open source SQL database for time series data
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSSpatial DBMSGraph DBMS
Key-value store
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score1.31
Rank#164  Overall
#14  Time Series DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.67
Rank#232  Overall
#21  Graph DBMS
#34  Key-value stores
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Websiteiotdb.apache.orgwww.geomesa.orgwww.graphengine.ioquestdb.io
Technical documentationiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmlwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlwww.graphengine.io/­docs/­manualquestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperApache Software FoundationCCRi and othersMicrosoftQuestDB Technology Inc
Initial release2018201420102014
Current release1.1.0, April 20235.0.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScala.NET and CJava (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8).NETLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocol
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagenonoSQL with time-series extensions
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Native API
RESTful HTTP APIHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
C#
C++
F#
Visual Basic
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyesno
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)depending on storage layerhorizontal partitioninghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasdepending on storage layerSource-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsIntegration with Hadoop and Sparkyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
depending on storage layerImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononoACID for single-table writes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesoptional: either by committing a write-ahead log (WAL) to the local persistent storage or by dumping the memory to a persistent storageyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesdepending on storage layeryesyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlyesyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storage
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Apache IoTDBGeoMesaGraph Engine infoformer name: TrinityQuestDB
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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