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DBMS > EventStoreDB vs. QuestDB vs. SurrealDB vs. Trafodion

System Properties Comparison EventStoreDB vs. QuestDB vs. SurrealDB vs. Trafodion

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NameEventStoreDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparison
Apache Trafodion has been retired in 2021. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionIndustrial-strength, open-source database solution built from the ground up for event sourcing.A high performance open source SQL database for time series dataA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMSTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMS
Primary database modelEvent StoreTime Series DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.07
Rank#181  Overall
#1  Event Stores
Score2.81
Rank#98  Overall
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score1.11
Rank#174  Overall
#30  Document stores
#17  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.eventstore.comquestdb.iosurrealdb.comtrafodion.apache.org
Technical documentationdevelopers.eventstore.comquestdb.io/­docssurrealdb.com/­docstrafodion.apache.org/­documentation.html
DeveloperEvent Store LimitedQuestDB Technology IncSurrealDB LtdApache Software Foundation, originally developed by HP
Initial release2012201420222014
Current release21.2, February 2021v1.5.0, May 20242.3.0, February 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustRustC++, Java
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.nono
Secondary indexesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL with time-series extensionsSQL-like query languageyes
APIs and other access methodsHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava Stored Procedures
Triggersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyyes, via HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes infovia user defined functions and HBase
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID for single-table writesACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infothrough memory mapped filesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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