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DBMS > EsgynDB vs. GeoMesa vs. Greenplum vs. QuestDB

System Properties Comparison EsgynDB vs. GeoMesa vs. Greenplum vs. QuestDB

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NameEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonGreenplum  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Analytic Database platform built on PostgreSQL. Full name is Pivotal Greenplum Database infoA logical database in Greenplum is an array of individual PostgreSQL databases working together to present a single database image.A high performance open source SQL database for time series data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score0.16
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score8.37
Rank#48  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.esgyn.cnwww.geomesa.orggreenplum.orgquestdb.io
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmldocs.greenplum.orgquestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperEsgynCCRi and othersPivotal Software Inc.QuestDB Technology Inc
Initial release2015201420052014
Current release4.0.5, February 20247.0.0, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++, JavaScalaJava (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemsLinuxLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocol
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.nonoyes infosince Version 4.2no
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyesSQL with time-series extensions
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetC
Java
Perl
Python
R
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresnoyesno
Triggersnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingdepending on storage layerShardinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication between multi datacentersdepending on storage layerSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencydepending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID for single-table writes
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.nodepending on storage layernoyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagefine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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EsgynDBGeoMesaGreenplumQuestDB
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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