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System Properties Comparison Badger vs. Kinetica vs. QuestDB

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NameBadger  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embeddable, persistent, simple and fast Key-Value Store, written purely in Go.Fully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsA high performance open source SQL database for time series data
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score0.17
Rank#381  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
Score0.93
Rank#237  Overall
#109  Relational DBMS
Score2.49
Rank#135  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­dgraph-io/­badgerwww.kinetica.comquestdb.io
Technical documentationgodoc.org/­github.com/­dgraph-io/­badgerwww.kinetica.com/­docsquestdb.io/­docs/­introduction
DeveloperDGraph LabsKineticaQuestDB Limited
Initial release201720122014
Current release7.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageGoC, C++Java
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocol
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes
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 indexesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
Supported programming languagesGoC++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsno
Triggersnoyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangeno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationConfigurable consistency for N replicas
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACID for single-table writes
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.noyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users and roles on table level
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BadgerKineticaQuestDB
Specific characteristicsNative and fully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUs, with memory first...
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Relational model with native time series support Column based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesBest in class geospatial and temporal analytics. Lockless architecture provides real-time...
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Real-time data ingestion and istant SQL queries for time series High performance...
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Typical application scenariosAny application requiring (1) real time insights, (2) time series analysis (3) geospatial...
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Application metrics Financial market data and algo trading DevOps monitoring Real-time...
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Key customersCitibank, US Air Force, Softbank, OVO, Telkomsel, USPS, 2 of the top 3 US Telcos,...
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Market metricsThe largest IoT deployment in the world, NORAD, runs on Kinetica.
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Licensing and pricing modelsAlways Free Tier in the Cloud, Pay-As-You-Go Consumption Based Pricing, and Portable...
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Apache 2.0.
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