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DBMS > Apache IoTDB vs. H2 vs. JSqlDb vs. SQream DB vs. TimescaleDB

System Properties Comparison Apache IoTDB vs. H2 vs. JSqlDb vs. SQream DB vs. TimescaleDB

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NameApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonSQream DB  Xexclude from comparisonTimescaleDB  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
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 FlinkFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.JavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesa GPU-based, columnar RDBMS for big data analytics workloadsA time series DBMS optimized for fast ingest and complex queries, based on PostgreSQL
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.19
Rank#176  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Score8.22
Rank#50  Overall
#32  Relational DBMS
Score0.73
Rank#228  Overall
#105  Relational DBMS
Score4.87
Rank#74  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Websiteiotdb.apache.orgwww.h2database.comjsqldb.org (offline)sqream.comwww.timescale.com
Technical documentationiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmlwww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmldocs.sqream.comdocs.timescale.com
DeveloperApache Software FoundationThomas MuellerKonrad von BackstromSQream TechnologiesTimescale
Initial release20182005201820172017
Current release1.1.0, April 20232.2.220, July 20230.8, December 20182022.1.6, December 20222.13.0, November 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC++, CUDA, Haskell, Java, ScalaC
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)All OS with a Java VMLinux
macOS
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes, ANSI Standard SQL Typesnumerics, strings, booleans, arrays, JSON blobs, geospatial dimensions, currencies, binary data, other complex data types
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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageyesnoyesyes infofull PostgreSQL SQL syntax
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Native API
JDBC
ODBC
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
JavaJavaScriptC++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java infoJDBC
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined Functionsfunctions in JavaScriptuser defined functions in Pythonuser defined functions, PL/pgSQL, PL/Tcl, PL/Perl, PL/Python, PL/Java, PL/PHP, PL/R, PL/Ruby, PL/Scheme, PL/Unix shell
Triggersyesyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)nonenonehorizontal and vertical partitioningyes, across time and space (hash partitioning) attributes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databasenonenoneSource-replica replication with hot standby and reads on replicas info
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsIntegration with Hadoop and Sparknononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing RocksDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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