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System Properties Comparison GeoMesa vs. KairosDB vs. QuestDB vs. Rockset

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NameGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonKairosDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Distributed Time Series DBMS based on Cassandra or H2A high performance open source SQL database for time series dataA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.67
Rank#233  Overall
#20  Time Series DBMS
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Websitewww.geomesa.orggithub.com/­kairosdb/­kairosdbquestdb.iorockset.com
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlkairosdb.github.ioquestdb.io/­docsdocs.rockset.com
DeveloperCCRi and othersQuestDB Technology IncRockset
Initial release2014201320142019
Current release5.0.0, May 20241.2.2, November 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
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Implementation languageScalaJavaJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
hosted
Data schemeyesschema-freeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesdynamic typing
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 infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesyesnonoall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL with time-series extensionsRead-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsGraphite protocol
HTTP REST
Telnet API
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononono
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layerSharding infobased on Cassandrahorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Automatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layerselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACID for single-table writesno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.depending on storage layernoyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagesimple password-based access controlAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console
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GeoMesaKairosDBQuestDBRockset
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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