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System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. QuestDB vs. SiteWhere vs. TigerGraph

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series dataA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelKey-value storeTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#383  Overall
#43  Time Series DBMS
Score1.80
Rank#138  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orgquestdb.iogithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewherewww.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationquestdb.io/­docssitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.htmldocs.tigergraph.com
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGQuestDB Technology IncSiteWhere
Initial release2009201420102017
Current release3.10.0, March 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustJavaC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolpredefined schemeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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 indexesnonono
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL with time-series extensionsnoSQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methodsJCacheHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
HTTP RESTGSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJavaC infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyes
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta Serverhorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Sharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta ServerSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACID for single-table writesnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infothrough memory mapped filesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptRole-based access control
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EhcacheQuestDBSiteWhereTigerGraph
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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