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System Properties Comparison Apache Phoenix vs. MaxDB vs. OpenSearch vs. QuestDB vs. Sadas Engine

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NameApache Phoenix  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonOpenSearch  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA scale-out RDBMS with evolutionary schema built on Apache HBaseA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsA distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine forked from Elasticsearch and based on Apache LuceneA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environments
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSearch engineTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score2.06
Rank#123  Overall
#58  Relational DBMS
Score2.26
Rank#114  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score16.03
Rank#37  Overall
#4  Search engines
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#373  Overall
#157  Relational DBMS
Websitephoenix.apache.orgmaxdb.sap.comgithub.com/­opensearch-project
opensearch.org
questdb.iowww.sadasengine.com
Technical documentationphoenix.apache.orgmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationopensearch.org/­docs/­latestquestdb.io/­docswww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentation
DeveloperApache Software FoundationSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997Amazon Web ServicesQuestDB Technology IncSADAS s.r.l.
Initial release20141984202120142006
Current release5.0-HBase2, July 2018 and 4.15-HBase1, December 20197.9.10.12, February 20242.5.0, January 20238.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree trial version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++JavaJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
macOS
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyes infolate-bound, schema-on-read capabilitiesyesschema-free infoFlexible type definitions. Once a type is defined, it is persistentyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexednoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesSQL-like query languageSQL with time-series extensionsyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBCADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby infoElasticsearch client
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyesyesnono
Triggersnoyesyes infoby using the 'percolation' featurenono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)horizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replicationyesSource-replica replication with eventual consistencynone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsHadoop integrationnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoSynchronous doc based replication. Get by ID may show delays up to 1 sec. Configurable write consistency: one, quorum, allImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACID for single-table writes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes infothrough memory mapped filesyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (using HBase ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC, multi-tenancyfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard
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Apache PhoenixMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-DOpenSearchQuestDBSadas Engine
Specific characteristicsOpenSearch is a highly scalable and extensible open-source software suite for search,...
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Relational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesDistributed as fully open source under Apache License, Version 2.0 (ALv2), OpenSearch...
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High ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenariosThe OpenSearch platform is used across a broad range of search , analytics, and observability...
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Financial 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 modelsThe OpenSearch Project offers open source software licensed under Apache License...
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Open source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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