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DBMS > DolphinDB vs. QuestDB vs. Trafodion vs. Yanza

System Properties Comparison DolphinDB vs. QuestDB vs. Trafodion vs. Yanza

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NameDolphinDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparisonYanza  Xexclude from comparison
Apache Trafodion has been retired in 2021. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.Yanza seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
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.A high performance open source SQL database for time series dataTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMSTime Series DBMS for IoT Applications
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score4.13
Rank#80  Overall
#6  Time Series DBMS
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.dolphindb.comquestdb.iotrafodion.apache.orgyanza.com
Technical documentationdocs.dolphindb.cn/­en/­help200/­index.htmlquestdb.io/­docstrafodion.apache.org/­documentation.html
DeveloperDolphinDB, IncQuestDB Technology IncApache Software Foundation, originally developed by HPYanza
Initial release2018201420142015
Current releasev2.00.4, January 20222.3.0, February 2019
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community version availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono infobut mainly used as a service provided by Yanza
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Implementation languageC++Java (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++, Java
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
LinuxWindows
Data schemeyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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 indexesyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageSQL with time-series extensionsyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
JSON over HTTP
Kafka
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
OPC DA
OPC UA
RabbitMQ
WebSocket
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
MatLab
Python
R
Rust
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Netany language that supports HTTP calls
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoJava Stored Proceduresno
Triggersnononoyes infoTimer and event based
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioninghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyyes, via HBasenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyes infovia user defined functions and HBaseno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACID for single-table writesACIDno
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.yesyes infothrough memory mapped filesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAdministrators, Users, Groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno
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DolphinDBQuestDBTrafodionYanza
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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