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System Properties Comparison Derby vs. GeoSpock vs. KeyDB vs. QuestDB

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NameDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonKeyDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparison
GeoSpock seems to be discontinued. Therefore it will be excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Spatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scaleAn ultra-fast, open source Key-value store fully compatible with Redis API, modules, and protocolsA high performance open source SQL database for time series data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score4.60
Rank#70  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Score0.70
Rank#229  Overall
#32  Key-value stores
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbygeospock.comgithub.com/­Snapchat/­KeyDB
keydb.dev
questdb.io
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmldocs.keydb.devquestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperApache Software FoundationGeoSpockEQ Alpha Technology Ltd.QuestDB Technology Inc
Initial release199720192014
Current release10.17.1.0, November 20232.0, September 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialOpen Source infoBSD-3Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaJava, JavascriptC++Java (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMhostedLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocol
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyespartial infoSupported data types are strings, hashes, lists, sets and sorted sets, bit arrays, hyperloglogs and geospatial indexesyes
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyestemporal, categoricalyes infoby using the Redis Search moduleno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)noSQL with time-series extensions
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJDBCProprietary protocol infoRESP - REdis Serialization ProtocoHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languagesJavaC
C#
C++
Clojure
Crystal
D
Dart
Elixir
Erlang
Fancy
Go
Haskell
Haxe
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Objective-C
OCaml
Pascal
Perl
PHP
Prolog
Pure Data
Python
R
Rebol
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Scheme
Smalltalk
Swift
Tcl
Visual Basic
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored ProceduresnoLuano
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneAutomatic shardingShardinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Strong eventual consistency with CRDTs
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoOptimistic locking, atomic execution of commands blocks and scriptsACID for single-table writes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoConfigurable mechanisms for persistency via snapshots and/or operations logsyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users can be defined per tablesimple password-based access control and ACL
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Derby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDBGeoSpockKeyDBQuestDB
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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