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

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NameGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.A relational database management system that stores data in columnsA 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 DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#145  Overall
#67  Relational DBMS
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Websitewww.geomesa.orgwww.monetdb.orgquestdb.iorockset.com
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationquestdb.io/­docsdocs.rockset.com
DeveloperCCRi and othersMonetDB BVQuestDB Technology IncRockset
Initial release2014200420142019
Current release4.0.5, February 2024Dec2023 (11.49), December 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
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Implementation languageScalaCJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
hosted
Data schemeyesyesyes 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.nonono infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesyesyesnoall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsSQL with time-series extensionsRead-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes, in SQL, C, Rnono
Triggersnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layerSharding via remote tableshorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Automatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layernone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusSource-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 layerImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID 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 layeryes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console
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GeoMesaMonetDBQuestDBRockset
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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