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DBMS > Apache Pinot vs. QuestDB vs. Rockset

System Properties Comparison Apache Pinot vs. QuestDB vs. Rockset

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NameApache Pinot  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionRealtime distributed OLAP datastore, designed to answer OLAP queries with low latencyA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.50
Rank#248  Overall
#117  Relational DBMS
Score3.26
Rank#79  Overall
#6  Time Series DBMS
Score0.88
Rank#200  Overall
#34  Document stores
Websitepinot.apache.orgquestdb.iorockset.com
Technical documentationdocs.pinot.apache.orgquestdb.io/­docsdocs.rockset.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsQuestDB Technology IncRockset
Initial release201520142019
Current release1.0.0, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyes
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Implementation languageJavaJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java JDK11 or higherLinux
macOS
Windows
hosted
Data schemeyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesdynamic typing
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 infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesnoall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageSQL with time-series extensionsRead-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsJDBCHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
Python
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono
Triggersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioninghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Automatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID for single-table writesno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console

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