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DBMS > Axibase vs. FatDB vs. QuestDB vs. SpaceTime vs. SWC-DB

System Properties Comparison Axibase vs. FatDB vs. QuestDB vs. SpaceTime vs. SWC-DB

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NameAxibase  Xexclude from comparisonFatDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparison
FatDB/FatCloud has ceased operations as a company with February 2014. FatDB is discontinued and excluded from the ranking.
DescriptionScalable TimeSeries DBMS based on HBase with integrated rule engine and visualizationA .NET NoSQL DBMS that can integrate with and extend SQL Server.A high performance open source SQL database for time series dataSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.A high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Time Series DBMSSpatial DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score0.35
Rank#282  Overall
#25  Time Series DBMS
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#392  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#364  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websiteaxibase.com/­docs/­atsd/­financequestdb.iowww.mireo.com/­spacetimegithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationquestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperAxibase CorporationFatCloudQuestDB Technology IncMireoAlex Kashirin
Initial release20132012201420202020
Current release155850.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoCommunity Edition (single node) is free, Enterprise Edition (distributed) is paidcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC#Java (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++C++
Server operating systemsLinuxWindowsLinux
macOS
Windows
LinuxLinux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoshort, integer, long, float, double, decimal, stringyesyesyes
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 indexesnoyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageno infoVia inetgration in SQL ServerSQL with time-series extensionsA subset of ANSI SQL is implementedSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Proprietary protocol (Network API)
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
LINQ
RESTful HTTP API
RPC
Windows WCF Bindings
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
RESTful HTTP APIProprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C#C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C#
C++
Python
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infovia applicationsnonono
Triggersyesyes infovia applicationsnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Fixed-grid hypercubesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationselectable replication factorSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyReal-time block device replication (DRBD)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACID for single-table writesno
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.yes infothrough memory mapped filesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoCan implement custom security layer via applicationsyes
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AxibaseFatDBQuestDBSpaceTimeSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database
Specific characteristicsRelational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesHigh ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenariosFinancial 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 modelsOpen source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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