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DBMS > Drizzle vs. QuestDB vs. SAP IQ vs. TigerGraph vs. Vertica

System Properties Comparison Drizzle vs. QuestDB vs. SAP IQ vs. TigerGraph vs. Vertica

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NameDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparisonVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.A high performance open source SQL database for time series dataColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analyticsA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-timeCloud or off-cloud analytical database and query engine for structured and semi-structured streaming and batch data. Machine learning platform with built-in algorithms, data preparation capabilities, and model evaluation and management via SQL or Python.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS infocolumn-orientedGraph DBMSRelational DBMS infoColumn oriented
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score2.64
Rank#108  Overall
#52  Relational DBMS
Score1.80
Rank#138  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Score10.06
Rank#42  Overall
#26  Relational DBMS
Websitequestdb.iowww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.htmlwww.tigergraph.comwww.vertica.com
Technical documentationquestdb.io/­docshelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQdocs.tigergraph.comvertica.com/­documentation
DeveloperDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerQuestDB Technology IncSAP, formerly SybaseOpenText infopreviously Micro Focus and Hewlett Packard
Initial release20082014199420172005
Current release7.2.4, September 201216.1 SPS04, April 201912.0.3, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGNU GPLOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercialcommercial infoLimited community edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono infoon-premises, all major clouds - Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and containers
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Implementation languageC++Java (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++C++
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Linux
macOS
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
LinuxLinux
Data schemeyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line ProtocolyesyesYes, but also semi-structure/unstructured data storage, and complex hierarchical data (like Parquet) stored and/or queried.
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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 Indexes Required. Different internal optimization strategy, but same functionality included.
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith proprietary extensionsSQL with time-series extensionsyesSQL-like query language (GSQL)Full 1999 standard plus machine learning, time series and geospatial. Over 650 functions.
APIs and other access methodsJDBCHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
ADO.NET
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spark Connector
vSQL infocharacter-based, interactive, front-end utility
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
PHP
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Java
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyesyesyes, PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL, with minor differences
Triggersno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.noyesnoyes, called Custom Alerts
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)shared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexerhorizontal partitioning, hierarchical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replication with eventual consistencySAP/Sybase Replication ServerMulti-source replication infoOne, or more copies of data replicated across nodes, or object-store used for repository.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoHadoop integrationyesno infoBi-directional Spark integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes infoRelationships in graphsyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID for single-table writesACIDACIDACID
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.yes infothrough memory mapped filesnonono
User concepts infoAccess controlPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard; supports Kerberos, LDAP, Ident and hash
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DrizzleQuestDBSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQTigerGraphVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™
Specific characteristicsRelational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Deploy-anywhere database for large-scale analytical deployments. Deploy off-cloud,...
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Competitive advantagesHigh ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Fast, scalable, and capable of high concurrency. Separation of compute/storage leverages...
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Typical application scenariosFinancial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Communication and network analytics, Embedded analytics, Fraud monitoring and Risk...
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Key customersBanks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Abiba Systems, Adform, adMarketplace, AmeriPride, Anritsu, AOL, Avito, Auckland Transport,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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Cost-based models and subscription-based models are both available. One license is...
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