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System Properties Comparison Apache Jena - TDB vs. Machbase Neo vs. QuestDB vs. Sadas Engine vs. Sphinx

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NameApache Jena - TDB  Xexclude from comparisonMachbase Neo infoFormer name was Infiniflux  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA RDF storage and query DBMS, shipped as an optional-use component of the Apache Jena frameworkTimeSeries DBMS for AIoT and BigDataA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environmentsOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databases
Primary database modelRDF storeTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score3.75
Rank#84  Overall
#3  RDF stores
Score0.12
Rank#339  Overall
#30  Time Series DBMS
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#158  Relational DBMS
Score5.98
Rank#56  Overall
#5  Search engines
Websitejena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlmachbase.comquestdb.iowww.sadasengine.comsphinxsearch.com
Technical documentationjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlmachbase.com/­dbmsquestdb.io/­docswww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentationsphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infooriginally developed by HP LabsMachbaseQuestDB Technology IncSADAS s.r.l.Sphinx Technologies Inc.
Initial release20002013201420062001
Current release4.9.0, July 2023V8.0, August 20238.03.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License, Version 2.0commercial infofree test version availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree trial version availableOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaCJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyes infoRDF Schemasyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesno
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languageSQL with time-series extensionsyesSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)
APIs and other access methodsFuseki infoREST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
gRPC
HTTP REST
JDBC
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesJavaC
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
PHP infovia ODBC
Python
R infovia ODBC
Scala
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnononono
Triggersyes infovia event handlernononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)horizontal partitioningSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factorSource-replica replication with eventual consistencynonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoTDB TransactionsnoACID for single-table writesno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesnoyesyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infovolatile and lookup tableyes infothrough memory mapped filesyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess control via Jena Securitysimple password-based access controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardno
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Apache Jena - TDBMachbase Neo infoFormer name was InfinifluxQuestDBSadas EngineSphinx
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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