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System Properties Comparison GeoMesa vs. QuestDB vs. TigerGraph

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NameGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  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 dataA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score1.15
Rank#216  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score2.49
Rank#135  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score2.20
Rank#149  Overall
#11  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.geomesa.orgquestdb.iowww.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlquestdb.io/­docs/­introductiondocs.tigergraph.com
DeveloperCCRi and othersQuestDB Limited
Initial release201420142017
Current release4.0.1, April 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageScalaJavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyes
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 indexesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methodsHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyes
Triggersnonono
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 layerConfigurable consistency for N replicas
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID for single-table writesACID
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 filesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageRole-based access control
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GeoMesaQuestDBTigerGraph
Specific characteristicsRelational model with native time series support Column based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesReal-time data ingestion and istant SQL queries for time series High performance...
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Typical application scenariosApplication metrics Financial market data and algo trading DevOps monitoring Real-time...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache 2.0.
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