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System Properties Comparison GeoMesa vs. GreptimeDB vs. QuestDB

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NameGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.An open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyA high performance open source SQL database for time series data
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#351  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.geomesa.orggreptime.comquestdb.io
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmldocs.greptime.comquestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperCCRi and othersGreptime Inc.QuestDB Technology Inc
Initial release201420222014
Current release5.0.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageScalaRustJava (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemsAndroid
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocol
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL with time-series extensions
APIs and other access methodsgRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languagesC++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoPythonno
Triggersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layerShardinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layerSource-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID for single-table writes
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.depending on storage layeryes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageSimple rights management via user accounts
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GeoMesaGreptimeDBQuestDB
Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Relational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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High ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Financial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Banks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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Open source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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