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System Properties Comparison GeoMesa vs. QuestDB

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NameGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.A high performance open source SQL database for time series data
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score0.73
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score3.09
Rank#81  Overall
#6  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.geomesa.orgquestdb.io
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlquestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperCCRi and othersQuestDB Technology Inc
Initial release20142014
Current release5.0.1, July 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenono
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Implementation languageScalaJava (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocol
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes
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.nono
Secondary indexesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL with time-series extensions
APIs and other access methodsHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languagesC infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono
Triggersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layerhorizontal 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 methodsyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerImmediate 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 datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes
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 storage

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