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DBMS > GeoSpock vs. QuestDB vs. TDengine vs. TerarkDB

System Properties Comparison GeoSpock vs. QuestDB vs. TDengine vs. TerarkDB

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NameGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonTDengine  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparison
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DescriptionSpatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scaleA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataTime Series DBMS and big data platformA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDB
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score2.68
Rank#106  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#367  Overall
#56  Key-value stores
Websitegeospock.comquestdb.iogithub.com/­taosdata/­TDengine
tdengine.com
github.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationquestdb.io/­docsdocs.tdengine.combytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
DeveloperGeoSpockQuestDB Technology IncTDEngine, previously Taos DataByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release201420192016
Current release2.0, September 20193.0, August 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoAGPL V3, also commercial editions availablecommercial inforestricted open source version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageJava, JavascriptJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustCC++
Server operating systemshostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyesschema-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 indexestemporal, categoricalnonono
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)SQL with time-series extensionsStandard SQL with extensions for time-series applicationsno
APIs and other access methodsJDBCHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
C++ API
Java API
Supported programming languagesC infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Rust
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononono
Triggersnonoyes, via alarm monitoringno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesAutomatic shardinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID 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.noyes infothrough memory mapped filesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per tableyesno
More information provided by the system vendor
GeoSpockQuestDBTDengineTerarkDB
Specific characteristicsRelational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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TDengine™ is a next generation data historian purpose-built for Industry 4.0 and...
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Competitive advantagesHigh ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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High Performance at any Scale: TDengine is purpose-built for handling massive industrial...
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Typical application scenariosFinancial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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TDengine is designed for Industrial IoT scenarios, including: Manufacturing Connected...
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Key customersBanks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Market metricsTDengine has garnered over 22,500 stars on GitHub and is used in over 50 countries...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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TDengine OSS is an open source, cloud native time series database. It includes built-in...
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