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System Properties Comparison Axibase vs. QuestDB vs. RisingWave vs. SQream DB

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NameAxibase  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonRisingWave  Xexclude from comparisonSQream DB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable TimeSeries DBMS based on HBase with integrated rule engine and visualizationA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataA distributed RDBMS for stream processing, wire-compatible with PostgreSQLa GPU-based, columnar RDBMS for big data analytics workloads
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score0.35
Rank#282  Overall
#25  Time Series DBMS
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score0.64
Rank#238  Overall
#110  Relational DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#224  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
Websiteaxibase.com/­docs/­atsd/­financequestdb.iowww.risingwave.com/­databasesqream.com
Technical documentationquestdb.io/­docsdocs.risingwave.com/­docs/­current/­introdocs.sqream.com
DeveloperAxibase CorporationQuestDB Technology IncRisingWave LabsSQream Technologies
Initial release2013201420222017
Current release155851.2, September 20232022.1.6, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoCommunity Edition (single node) is free, Enterprise Edition (distributed) is paidOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustRustC++, CUDA, Haskell, Java, Scala
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
Linux
Data schemeyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoshort, integer, long, float, double, decimal, stringyesStandard SQL-types and JSONyes, ANSI Standard SQL Types
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 indexesnonoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageSQL with time-series extensionsyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Proprietary protocol (Network API)
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoUDFs in Python or Javauser defined functions in Python
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)horizontal and vertical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication with eventual consistencynone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID for single-table writesnoACID
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
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and Roles
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AxibaseQuestDBRisingWaveSQream DB
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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