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DBMS > Galaxybase vs. H2 vs. QuestDB vs. Transwarp ArgoDB

System Properties Comparison Galaxybase vs. H2 vs. QuestDB vs. Transwarp ArgoDB

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NameGalaxybase  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp ArgoDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable, ACID-compliant native distributed parallel graph platformFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.A high performance open source SQL database for time series dataDistributed Analytical Database to replace Hadoop+MPP hybrid architecture
Primary database modelGraph DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSSearch engine
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Score0.07
Rank#377  Overall
#40  Graph DBMS
Score8.33
Rank#46  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#348  Overall
#151  Relational DBMS
Websitegalaxybase.comwww.h2database.comquestdb.iowww.transwarp.cn/­en/­product/­argodb
Technical documentationwww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmlquestdb.io/­docsdocs.transwarp.cn/­#/­documents-support/­docs?category=ARGODB
DeveloperChuanglin(Createlink) Technology Co., Ltd 浙江创邻科技有限公司Thomas MuellerQuestDB Technology IncTranswarp
Initial release201720052014
Current releaseNov 20, November 20212.2.220, July 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC and JavaJavaJava (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java VMLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeStrong typed schemayesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL with time-series extensionsyes
APIs and other access methodsBrowser interface
console (shell)
Graph API (Gremlin)
OpenCypher
Proprietary native API
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
Python
JavaC infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined procedures and functionsJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined Functionsno
Triggersyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonehorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databaseSource-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoRelationships in graphsyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID for single-table writes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
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.yesyesyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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GalaxybaseH2QuestDBTranswarp ArgoDB
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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