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DBMS > GBase vs. JSqlDb vs. QuestDB vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. STSdb

System Properties Comparison GBase vs. JSqlDb vs. QuestDB vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. STSdb

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NameGBase  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionAn analytical database for business intelligence with large customers in China.JavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataRDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environmentsKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score1.04
Rank#190  Overall
#88  Relational DBMS
Score2.48
Rank#115  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Score4.57
Rank#78  Overall
#43  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Websitewww.gbase.cnjsqldb.org (offline)questdb.iowww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.htmlgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationquestdb.io/­docshelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywhere
DeveloperKonrad von BackstromQuestDB Technology IncSAP infoformerly SybaseSTS Soft SC
Initial release2018201419922011
Current releaseGBase 8a0.8, December 201817, July 20154.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustC#
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes 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.nonoyes
Secondary indexesnonoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL with time-series extensionsyesno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
ADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresfunctions in JavaScriptnoyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perlno
Triggersnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)nonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replication with eventual consistencySource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroringnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID for single-table writesACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing RocksDByesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infothrough memory mapped filesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno
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GBaseJSqlDbQuestDBSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server AnywhereSTSdb
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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