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System Properties Comparison BaseX vs. Datomic vs. Informix vs. QuestDB vs. Teradata

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NameBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonInformix  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonTeradata  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionLight-weight Native XML DBMS with support for XQuery 3.0 and interactive GUI.Datomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityA secure embeddable database from IBM, positioned besides IBM Db2 as a relatively low-cost product optimized for OLTP and Internet of Things dataA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataA hybrid cloud data analytics software platform (Teradata Vantage)
Primary database modelNative XML DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypes compatible with MongoDBTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS infowith Informix TimeSeries Extension
Relational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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Score1.84
Rank#135  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score1.66
Rank#144  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score17.12
Rank#34  Overall
#21  Relational DBMS
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score44.87
Rank#22  Overall
#15  Relational DBMS
Websitebasex.orgwww.datomic.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­informixquestdb.iowww.teradata.com
Technical documentationdocs.basex.orgdocs.datomic.cominformix.hcldoc.com
www.ibm.com/­support/­knowledgecenter/­SSGU8G/­welcomeIfxServers.html
questdb.io/­docsdocs.teradata.com
DeveloperBaseX GmbHCognitectIBM, HCL Technologies infoEffective May 1st, 2017, HCL took on development, technical support, and product management teams, and works jointly with IBM on product strategy, marketing, and sales.QuestDB Technology IncTeradata
Initial release20072012198420141984
Current release11.0, June 20241.0.7075, December 202314.10.FC5, November 2020Teradata Vantage 1.0 MU2, January 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licensecommercial infolimited edition freecommercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJava, ClojureC, C++ and JavaJava (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
hosted
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateno infoXQuery supports typesyesyes infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypesyesyes
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 indexesyesyesyesnoyes infoJoin-index to prejoin tables, aggregate index, sparse index, hash index
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesSQL with time-series extensionsyes infoSQL 2016 + extensions
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
RESTful HTTP APIJDBC
JSON API infoMongoDB compatible
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
.NET Client API
HTTP REST
JDBC
JMS Adapter
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languagesActionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
Clojure
Java
.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C
C++
Cobol
Java (JDBC-ODBC)
Perl
PL/1
Python
R
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infoTransaction Functionsyesnoyes infoUDFs, stored procedures, table functions in parallel
Triggersyes infovia eventsBy using transaction functionsyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersShardinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Sharding infoHashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replication with eventual consistencyMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datamultiple readers, single writerACIDACIDACID for single-table writesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes inforecommended only for testing and developmentyesyes infothrough memory mapped filesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsnoUsers with fine-grained authentication, authorization, and auditing controlsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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BaseXDatomicInformixQuestDBTeradata
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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