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DBMS > Derby vs. Faircom EDGE vs. jBASE vs. Prometheus vs. QuestDB

System Properties Comparison Derby vs. Faircom EDGE vs. jBASE vs. Prometheus vs. QuestDB

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NameDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonFaircom EDGE infoformerly c-treeEDGE  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonPrometheus  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.FairCom EDGE is an Industry 4.0 solution built to integrate, collect, aggregate and synchronize mission-critical data in edge computing environmentsA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareOpen-source Time Series DBMS and monitoring systemA high performance open source SQL database for time series data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Multivalue DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score4.71
Rank#69  Overall
#37  Relational DBMS
Score0.02
Rank#368  Overall
#54  Key-value stores
#156  Relational DBMS
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score8.42
Rank#47  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbywww.faircom.com/­products/­faircom-edgewww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbaseprometheus.ioquestdb.io
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmldocs.faircom.com/­docs/­en/­UUID-23d4f1fd-d213-f6d5-b92e-9b7475baa14e.htmldocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9prometheus.io/­docsquestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperApache Software FoundationFairCom CorporationRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)QuestDB Technology Inc
Initial release19971979199120152014
Current release10.17.1.0, November 2023V3, October 20205.7
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2commercial infoRestricted, free version availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaANSI C, C++GoJava (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAndroid
Linux infoARM, x86
Raspbian
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)schema-freeyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocol
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes, ANSI Standard SQL TypesoptionalNumeric data onlyyes
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.yesyesyesno infoImport of XML data possibleno
Secondary indexesyesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyes infoANSI SQL queriesEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICnoSQL with time-series extensions
APIs and other access methodsJDBCADO.NET
Direct SQL
IoT Microservice layer
JDBC
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languagesJavaC
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
VB.Net
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
.Net
C++
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Ruby
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresyes info.Net, JavaScript, C/C++yesnono
Triggersyesyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneFile partitioning infoCustomizable business rules for partitioningShardingShardinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes infoSynchronous and asynchronous realtime replication based on transaction logsyesyes infoby FederationSource-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Tunable Consistency
noneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infowhen using SQLnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDnoACID for single-table writes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoacross SQL and NoSQLyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesnoyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardFine grained user, group and file access rights managed across SQL (per ANSI standard) and NoSQL.Access rights can be defined down to the item levelno
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Derby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDBFaircom EDGE infoformerly c-treeEDGEjBASEPrometheusQuestDB
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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