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System Properties Comparison BaseX vs. MonetDB vs. QuestDB vs. Rockset

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NameBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionLight-weight Native XML DBMS with support for XQuery 3.0 and interactive GUI.A relational database management system that stores data in columnsA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelNative XML DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score1.84
Rank#135  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#141  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Websitebasex.orgwww.monetdb.orgquestdb.iorockset.com
Technical documentationdocs.basex.orgwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationquestdb.io/­docsdocs.rockset.com
DeveloperBaseX GmbHMonetDB BVQuestDB Technology IncRockset
Initial release2007200420142019
Current release11.0, June 2024Dec2023 (11.49), December 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
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Implementation languageJavaCJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
hosted
Data schemeschema-freeyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateno infoXQuery supports typesyesyesdynamic typing
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.nono infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesyesyesnoall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsSQL with time-series extensionsRead-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesActionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes, in SQL, C, Rnono
Triggersyes infovia eventsyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding via remote tableshorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Automatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datamultiple readers, single writerACIDACID for single-table writesno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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 files
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console
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BaseXMonetDBQuestDBRockset
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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