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DBMS > Apache Pinot vs. BaseX vs. QuestDB vs. RocksDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Pinot vs. BaseX vs. QuestDB vs. RocksDB

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NameApache Pinot  Xexclude from comparisonBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonRocksDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionRealtime distributed OLAP datastore, designed to answer OLAP queries with low latencyLight-weight Native XML DBMS with support for XQuery 3.0 and interactive GUI.A high performance open source SQL database for time series dataEmbeddable persistent key-value store optimized for fast storage (flash and RAM)
Primary database modelRelational DBMSNative XML DBMSTime Series DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score0.35
Rank#274  Overall
#128  Relational DBMS
Score1.56
Rank#141  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score2.81
Rank#98  Overall
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score2.84
Rank#97  Overall
#16  Key-value stores
Websitepinot.apache.orgbasex.orgquestdb.iorocksdb.org
Technical documentationdocs.pinot.apache.orgdocs.basex.orgquestdb.io/­docsgithub.com/­facebook/­rocksdb/­wiki
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsBaseX GmbHQuestDB Technology IncFacebook, Inc.
Initial release2015200720142013
Current release1.0.0, September 202311.2, August 20249.4.0, June 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoBSD
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java JDK11 or higherLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesno infoXQuery supports typesyesno
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.nono
Secondary indexesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagenoSQL with time-series extensionsno
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJava API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
C++ API
Java API
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
Python
Actionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnono
Triggersyes infovia eventsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningnonehorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)horizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datamultiple readers, single writerACID for single-table writesyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infothrough memory mapped filesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsno
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