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System Properties Comparison DolphinDB vs. HBase vs. QuestDB vs. RocksDB vs. STSdb

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NameDolphinDB  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonRocksDB  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDolphinDB is a high performance Time Series DBMS. It is integrated with an easy-to-use fully featured programming language and a high-volume high-velocity streaming analytics system. It offers operational simplicity, scalability, fault tolerance, and concurrency.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataEmbeddable persistent key-value store optimized for fast storage (flash and RAM)Key-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSWide column storeTime Series DBMSKey-value storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score4.14
Rank#85  Overall
#6  Time Series DBMS
Score31.60
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score2.69
Rank#115  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score4.52
Rank#80  Overall
#10  Key-value stores
Score0.13
Rank#344  Overall
#51  Key-value stores
Websitewww.dolphindb.comhbase.apache.orgquestdb.iorocksdb.orggithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationdocs.dolphindb.cn/­en/­help200/­index.htmlhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlquestdb.io/­docsgithub.com/­facebook/­rocksdb/­wiki
DeveloperDolphinDB, IncApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetQuestDB Technology IncFacebook, Inc.STS Soft SC
Initial release20182008201420132011
Current releasev2.00.4, January 20222.3.4, January 20218.10.0, December 20234.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community version availableOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoBSDOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++C#
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
macOS
Windows
LinuxWindows
Data schemeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesnoyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesnononono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagenoSQL with time-series extensionsnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
JSON over HTTP
Kafka
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
OPC DA
OPC UA
RabbitMQ
WebSocket
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
C++ API
Java API
.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
MatLab
Python
R
Rust
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infoCoprocessors in Javanonono
Triggersnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningShardinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)horizontal partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replication with eventual consistencyyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACID for single-table writesyesno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.yesyesyes infothrough memory mapped filesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAdministrators, Users, GroupsAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACnono
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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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