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System Properties Comparison chDB vs. Ehcache vs. Fauna vs. QuestDB vs. TerminusDB

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NamechDB  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonFauna infopreviously named FaunaDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded SQL OLAP Engine powered by ClickHouseA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsFauna provides a web-native interface, with support for GraphQL and custom business logic that integrates seamlessly with the rest of the serverless ecosystem. The underlying globally distributed storage and compute platform is fast, consistent, and reliable, with a modern security infrastructure.A high performance open source SQL database for time series dataScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
RDF store
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Score0.07
Rank#376  Overall
#158  Relational DBMS
Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score1.55
Rank#151  Overall
#26  Document stores
#14  Graph DBMS
#71  Relational DBMS
#13  Time Series DBMS
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#316  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­chdb-io/­chdbwww.ehcache.orgfauna.comquestdb.ioterminusdb.com
Technical documentationdoc.chdb.iowww.ehcache.org/­documentationdocs.fauna.comquestdb.io/­docsterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGFauna, Inc.QuestDB Technology IncDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release20232009201420142018
Current release3.10.0, March 202211.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaScalaJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustProlog, Rust
Server operating systemsserver-lessAll OS with a Java VMhostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes
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 indexesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to ANSI SQL (SQL/JSON + extensions)nonoSQL with time-series extensionsSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsJCacheRESTful HTTP APIHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languagesBun
C
C++
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
JavaC#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Scala
Swift
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsnoyes
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta Serverhorizontal partitioning infoconsistent hashinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Graph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta ServerMulti-source replicationSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACIDACID for single-table writesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyesyes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlnoIdentity management, authentication, and access controlRole-based access control
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chDBEhcacheFauna infopreviously named FaunaDBQuestDBTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist
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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