DB-EnginesInfluxDB: Focus on building software with an easy-to-use serverless, scalable time series platformEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > Apache Pinot vs. Cassandra vs. SAP IQ vs. TDengine

System Properties Comparison Apache Pinot vs. Cassandra vs. SAP IQ vs. TDengine

Please select another system to include it in the comparison.

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameApache Pinot  Xexclude from comparisonCassandra  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparisonTDengine  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionRealtime distributed OLAP datastore, designed to answer OLAP queries with low latencyWide-column store based on ideas of BigTable and DynamoDB infoOptimized for write accessColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analyticsTime Series DBMS and big data platform
Primary database modelRelational DBMSWide column storeRelational DBMS infocolumn-orientedTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS infostarting with release V5Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.40
Rank#270  Overall
#125  Relational DBMS
Score101.89
Rank#12  Overall
#1  Wide column stores
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Score2.60
Rank#107  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Websitepinot.apache.orgcassandra.apache.orgwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.htmlgithub.com/­taosdata/­TDengine
tdengine.com
Technical documentationdocs.pinot.apache.orgcassandra.apache.org/­doc/­latesthelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQdocs.tdengine.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsApache Software Foundation infoApache top level project, originally developped by FacebookSAP, formerly SybaseTDEngine, previously Taos Data
Initial release2015200819942019
Current release1.0.0, September 20234.1.3, July 202316.1 SPS04, April 20193.0, August 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache version 2commercialOpen Source infoAGPL V3, also commercial editions available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Astra DB: Multi-cloud DBaaS built on Apache Cassandra.
Implementation languageJavaJavaC
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java JDK11 or higherBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesrestricted infoonly equality queries, not always the best performing solutionyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageSQL-like SELECT, DML and DDL statements (CQL)yesStandard SQL with extensions for time-series applications
APIs and other access methodsJDBCProprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
Thrift
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
Python
C#
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesno
Triggersyesyesyes, via alarm monitoring
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningSharding infono "single point of failure"shared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ MultiplexerSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleSAP/Sybase Replication Serveryes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesHadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACID
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.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per objectfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes
More information provided by the system vendor
Apache PinotCassandraSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQTDengine
Specific characteristicsApache Cassandra is the leading NoSQL, distributed database management system, well...
» more
TDengine™ is a next generation data historian purpose-built for Industry 4.0 and...
» more
Competitive advantagesNo single point of failure ensures 100% availability . Operational simplicity for...
» more
High Performance at any Scale: TDengine is purpose-built for handling massive industrial...
» more
Typical application scenariosInternet of Things (IOT), fraud detection applications, recommendation engines, product...
» more
TDengine is designed for Industrial IoT scenarios, including: Manufacturing Connected...
» more
Key customersApple, Netflix, Uber, ING,, Intuit,Fidelity, NY Times, Outbrain, BazaarVoice, Best...
» more
Market metricsCassandra is used by 40% of the Fortune 100.
» more
TDengine has garnered over 22,500 stars on GitHub and is used in over 50 countries...
» more
Licensing and pricing modelsApache license  Pricing for commercial distributions provided by DataStax and available...
» more
TDengine OSS is an open source, cloud native time series database. It includes built-in...
» more
News

Astra Vectorize: Generate Vector Embeddings with 1 Line of Code
22 May 2024

GitHub Copilot + DataStax Astra DB: Build GenAI Apps 100x Faster
21 May 2024

Empowering On-Premises Deployments with Generative AI: Introducing Vector Search for a Self-Managed Modern Architecture
15 May 2024

Tips and Tricks for the DataStax Astra CLI
7 May 2024

How to Build a Crystal Image Search App with Vector Search
25 April 2024

Seamless Data Integration from MQTT and InfluxDB to TDengine: Logstash-like Functionality
22 May 2024

Solving Long Query Performance Bottlenecks
22 May 2024

What Is Predictive Maintenance?
17 May 2024

Can Typical Time-Series Databases Replace Data Historians?
8 May 2024

TDengine 3.3.0.0 Release Notes
7 May 2024

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services
3rd partiesCassandra Forward event: Want to level up your Cassandra game? Watch now replays of the March 2023 sessions.
» more

CData: Connect to Big Data & NoSQL through standard Drivers.
» more

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
Apache PinotCassandraSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQTDengine
DB-Engines blog posts

Cassandra keeps climbing the ranks of the DB-Engines Ranking
3 May 2016, Matthias Gelbmann

Oracle is the DBMS of the Year
5 January 2016, Paul Andlinger, Matthias Gelbmann

Winners, losers and an attractive newcomer in Novembers DB-Engines ranking
2 November 2015, Paul Andlinger

show all

Recent citations in the news

How Uber Accomplishes Job Counting At Scale
22 May 2024, Uber

StarTree Finds Apache Pinot the Right Vintage for IT Observability
8 May 2024, Datanami

StarTree Makes Observability Case for Apache Pinot Database
8 May 2024, DevOps.com

StarTree broadly enhances Apache Pinot-based analytics platform
8 May 2024, SiliconANGLE News

Open source Apache Pinot advances as StarTree boosts real-time analytics and observability
8 May 2024, VentureBeat

provided by Google News

Microsoft Build 2024: Cosmos DB for NoSQL gets vector search
21 May 2024, InfoWorld

Why Apache Cassandra 5.0 Is a Game-Changer for Developers
10 May 2024, The New Stack

Cassandra is the “best f*cking database for gen AI,” says DataStax CEO
13 December 2023, VentureBeat

How Uber Optimized Cassandra Operations At Scale
20 July 2023, Uber

Here's What to Know About Apache Cassandra 5.0
15 April 2024, hackernoon.com

provided by Google News

New Services for SAP HANA Cloud Database
7 April 2021, SAP News

IBM, SAP partner to move financial institutions to the hybrid cloud
28 July 2021, ZDNet

Rimini Street expands support beyond SAP and Oracle
11 June 2022, InsideSAP

SAP Scales Out HANA In-Memory For Clouds
6 March 2014, EnterpriseAI

Congrats, HCL, on your £1.5m contract to upgrade a county council's ERP system to SAP S4/HANA within a year
5 November 2020, The Register

provided by Google News

TDengine named Top Global Industrial Data Management Solution
4 January 2024, IT Brief Australia

New TDengine Benchmark Results Show Up to 37.0x Higher Query Performance Than InfluxDB and TimescaleDB
28 February 2023, Yahoo Finance

Comparing Different Time-Series Databases
10 February 2022, hackernoon.com

MindsDB is now the leading and fastest growing applied ML platform in the world India - English
3 November 2022, PR Newswire

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

RaimaDB logo

RaimaDB, embedded database for mission-critical applications. When performance, footprint and reliability matters.
Try RaimaDB for free.

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

AllegroGraph logo

Graph Database Leader for AI Knowledge Graph Applications - The Most Secure Graph Database Available.
Free Download

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

Milvus logo

Vector database designed for GenAI, fully equipped for enterprise implementation.
Try Managed Milvus for Free

Present your product here