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DBMS > GeoMesa vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. JSqlDb vs. MonetDB vs. QuestDB

System Properties Comparison GeoMesa vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. JSqlDb vs. MonetDB vs. QuestDB

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NameGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Cloud Firestore is an auto-scaling document database for storing, syncing, and querying data for mobile and web apps. It offers seamless integration with other Firebase and Google Cloud Platform products.JavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesA relational database management system that stores data in columnsA high performance open source SQL database for time series data
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSDocument storeDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score7.85
Rank#51  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score1.72
Rank#145  Overall
#67  Relational DBMS
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.geomesa.orgfirebase.google.com/­products/­firestorejsqldb.org (offline)www.monetdb.orgquestdb.io
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestorewww.monetdb.org/­Documentationquestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperCCRi and othersGoogleKonrad von BackstromMonetDB BVQuestDB Technology Inc
Initial release20142017201820042014
Current release4.0.5, February 20240.8, December 2018Dec2023 (11.49), December 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageScalaCJava (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemshostedLinux
macOS
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocol
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesyes
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 indexesyesyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsSQL with time-series extensions
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
JavaScriptC
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud Functionsfunctions in JavaScriptyes, in SQL, C, Rno
Triggersnoyes, with Cloud Functionsnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layerShardingnoneSharding via remote tableshorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layerMulti-source replicationnonenone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusSource-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesUsing Cloud Dataflownonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyesACIDACID for single-table writes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing RocksDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.depending on storage layeryes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management. Security Rules for 3rd party authentication using Firebase Auth.fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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GeoMesaGoogle Cloud FirestoreJSqlDbMonetDBQuestDB
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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