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System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. openGauss vs. QuestDB vs. Sadas Engine vs. Spark SQL

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonopenGauss  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsAn enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with high-performance, high-availability and high-performance originally developed by HuaweiA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environmentsSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processing
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score1.06
Rank#184  Overall
#84  Relational DBMS
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#373  Overall
#157  Relational DBMS
Score18.04
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comgitee.com/­opengauss
opengauss.org
questdb.iowww.sadasengine.comspark.apache.org/­sql
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestdocs.opengauss.org/­en
gitee.com/­opengauss/­docs
questdb.io/­docswww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentationspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.html
DeveloperHuawei and openGauss communityQuestDB Technology IncSADAS s.r.l.Apache Software Foundation
Initial release20162019201420062014
Current release3.0, March 20228.03.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree trial version availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonC, C++, JavaJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++Scala
Server operating systemsLinuxLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoANSI SQL 2011SQL with time-series extensionsyesSQL-like DML and DDL statements
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Java
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Java
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonono
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash)horizontal partitioning (by timestamps)horizontal partitioningyes, utilizing Spark Core
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication with eventual consistencynonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID for single-table writesno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infothrough memory mapped filesyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'no
User concepts infoAccess controlyesAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardno
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BigchainDBopenGaussQuestDBSadas EngineSpark SQL
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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