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DBMS > GeoMesa vs. QuestDB vs. SiteWhere vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison GeoMesa vs. QuestDB vs. SiteWhere vs. SwayDB

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NameGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  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 dataM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series dataAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score0.78
Rank#214  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score2.81
Rank#98  Overall
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#347  Overall
#33  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#384  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Websitewww.geomesa.orgquestdb.iogithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewhereswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlquestdb.io/­docssitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.html
DeveloperCCRi and othersQuestDB Technology IncSiteWhereSimer Plaha
Initial release2014201420102018
Current release5.0.1, July 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0Open Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageScalaJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustJavaScala
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolpredefined schemeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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 indexesyesnonono
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL with time-series extensionsnono
APIs and other access methodsHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesC infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layerhorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Sharding infobased on HBasenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layerSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyselectable replication factor infobased on HBasenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID for single-table writesnoAtomic execution of operations
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 filesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptno
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