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DBMS > Geode vs. QuestDB vs. Tkrzw vs. Trafodion

System Properties Comparison Geode vs. QuestDB vs. Tkrzw vs. Trafodion

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NameGeode  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonTkrzw infoSuccessor of Tokyo Cabinet and Kyoto Cabinet  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparison
Apache Trafodion has been retired in 2021. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionGeode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processesA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataA concept of libraries, allowing an application program to store and query key-value pairs in a file. Successor of Tokyo Cabinet and Kyoto CabinetTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMS
Primary database modelKey-value storeTime Series DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score1.86
Rank#134  Overall
#24  Key-value stores
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#372  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
Websitegeode.apache.orgquestdb.iodbmx.net/­tkrzwtrafodion.apache.org
Technical documentationgeode.apache.org/­docsquestdb.io/­docstrafodion.apache.org/­documentation.html
DeveloperOriginally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.QuestDB Technology IncMikio HirabayashiApache Software Foundation, originally developed by HP
Initial release2002201420202014
Current release1.1, February 20170.9.3, August 20202.3.0, February 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as GemfireOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++C++, Java
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes
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 indexesnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (OQL)SQL with time-series extensionsnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJava Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C++
Java
Python
Ruby
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnonoJava Stored Procedures
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)noneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replication with eventual consistencynoneyes, via HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes infovia user defined functions and HBase
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes, on a single nodeACID for single-table writesACID
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.yesyes infothrough memory mapped filesyes infousing specific database classesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights per client and object definablenofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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GeodeQuestDBTkrzw infoSuccessor of Tokyo Cabinet and Kyoto CabinetTrafodion
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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