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DBMS > ArangoDB vs. QuestDB vs. Realm vs. Snowflake

System Properties Comparison ArangoDB vs. QuestDB vs. Realm vs. Snowflake

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NameArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonSnowflake  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionNative multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.A high performance open source SQL database for time series dataA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataCloud-based data warehousing service for structured and semi-structured data
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Time Series DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score3.32
Rank#90  Overall
#15  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score121.33
Rank#9  Overall
#6  Relational DBMS
Websitearangodb.comquestdb.iorealm.iowww.snowflake.com
Technical documentationdocs.arangodb.comquestdb.io/­docsrealm.io/­docsdocs.snowflake.net/­manuals/­index.html
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookYouTubeInstagram
DeveloperArangoDB Inc.QuestDB Technology IncRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019Snowflake Computing Inc.
Initial release2012201420142014
Current release3.11.5, November 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
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Implementation languageC++Java (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
hosted
Data schemeschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectionyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyesyes infosupport of semi-structured data formats (JSON, XML, Avro)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashyesyesyes
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.nonoyes
Secondary indexesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL with time-series extensionsnoyes
APIs and other access methodsAQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJavaScriptnono inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryuser defined functions
Triggersnonoyes infoChange Listenersno infosimilar concept for controling cloud resources
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infosince version 2.0horizontal partitioning (by timestamps)noneyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication with configurable replication factorSource-replica replication with eventual consistencynoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoconfigurable per collection or per write
Immediate Consistency
OneShard (highly available, fault-tolerant deployment mode with ACID semantics)
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes inforelationships in graphsnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID for single-table writesACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infothrough memory mapped filesyes infoIn-Memory realmno
User concepts infoAccess controlyesyesUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authentication
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ArangoDBQuestDBRealmSnowflake
Specific characteristicsGraph and Beyond. With more than 11,000 stargazers on GitHub, ArangoDB is the leading...
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Relational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesConsolidation: As a native multi-model database, can be used as a full blown document...
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High ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenariosNative multi-model in ArangoDB is being used for a broad range of projects across...
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Financial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Key customersCisco, Barclays, Refinitive, Siemens Mentor, Kabbage, Liaison, Douglas, MakeMyTrip,...
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Banks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Market metricsArangoDB is the leading native multi-model database with over 11,000 stargazers on...
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Licensing and pricing modelsVery permissive Apache 2 License for Community Edition & commercial licenses are...
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Open source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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