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System Properties Comparison EDB Postgres vs. HBase vs. QuestDB vs. Spark SQL vs. STSdb

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NameEDB Postgres  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionThe EDB Postgres Platform is an enterprise-class data management platform based on the open source database PostgreSQL with flexible deployment options and Oracle compatibility features, complemented by tool kits for management, integration, and migration.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelRelational DBMSWide column storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.90
Rank#135  Overall
#63  Relational DBMS
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Score18.96
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Websitewww.enterprisedb.comhbase.apache.orgquestdb.iospark.apache.org/­sqlgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationwww.enterprisedb.com/­docshbase.apache.org/­book.htmlquestdb.io/­docsspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.html
DeveloperEnterpriseDBApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetQuestDB Technology IncApache Software FoundationSTS Soft SC
Initial release20052008201420142011
Current release14, December 20212.3.4, January 20213.5.0 ( 2.13), September 20234.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoBSD for PostgreSQL-componentsOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCJavaJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustScalaC#
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyesyes 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.yes infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.nonono
Secondary indexesyesnononono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infostandard with numerous extensionsnoSQL with time-series extensionsSQL-like DML and DDL statementsno
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Java
Python
R
Scala
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.yes infoCoprocessors in Javanonono
Triggersyesyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning infoby hash, list or rangeShardinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)yes, utilizing Spark Corenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replication with eventual consistencynonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACID for single-table writesnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyesyesyes
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.noyesyes infothrough memory mapped filesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess 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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