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System Properties Comparison Google Cloud Datastore vs. Kinetica vs. QuestDB vs. SQL.JS

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NameGoogle Cloud Datastore  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAutomatically scaling NoSQL Database as a Service (DBaaS) on the Google Cloud PlatformFully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataPort of SQLite to JavaScript
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score4.47
Rank#76  Overall
#12  Document stores
Score0.64
Rank#236  Overall
#109  Relational DBMS
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Score0.53
Rank#252  Overall
#116  Relational DBMS
Websitecloud.google.com/­datastorewww.kinetica.comquestdb.iosql.js.org
Technical documentationcloud.google.com/­datastore/­docsdocs.kinetica.comquestdb.io/­docssql.js.org/­documentation/­index.html
DeveloperGoogleKineticaQuestDB Technology IncAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by others
Initial release2008201220142012
Current release7.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC, C++Java (Zero-GC), C++, RustJavaScript
Server operating systemshostedLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes, details hereyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (GQL)SQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL with time-series extensionsyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supported
APIs and other access methodsgRPC (using protocol buffers) API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
JavaScript API
Supported programming languages.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresusing Google App Engineuser defined functionsnono
TriggersCallbacks using the Google Apps Engineyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangenono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)none
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using PaxosSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication with eventual consistencynone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infousing Google Cloud Dataflownonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on type of query and configuration infoStrong Consistency is default for entity lookups and queries within an Entity Group (but can instead be made eventually consistent). Other queries are always eventual consistent.Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infovia ReferenceProperties or Ancestor pathsyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoSerializable Isolation within Transactions, Read Committed outside of TransactionsnoACID for single-table writesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a file
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMyes infothrough memory mapped filesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)Access rights for users and roles on table levelno
More information provided by the system vendor
Google Cloud DatastoreKineticaQuestDBSQL.JS
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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