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DBMS > GreptimeDB vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. Newts vs. QuestDB vs. TimescaleDB

System Properties Comparison GreptimeDB vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. Newts vs. QuestDB vs. TimescaleDB

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NameGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonTimescaleDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerTime Series DBMS based on CassandraA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataA time series DBMS optimized for fast ingest and complex queries, based on PostgreSQL
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.06
Rank#352  Overall
#33  Time Series DBMS
Score77.99
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Score4.64
Rank#71  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Websitegreptime.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databaseopennms.github.io/­newtsquestdb.iowww.timescale.com
Technical documentationdocs.greptime.comdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikiquestdb.io/­docsdocs.timescale.com
DeveloperGreptime Inc.MicrosoftOpenNMS GroupQuestDB Technology IncTimescale
Initial release20222010201420142017
Current releaseV122.15.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageRustC++JavaJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustC
Server operating systemsAndroid
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
hostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-free, schema definition possibleyesschema-freeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesnumerics, strings, booleans, arrays, JSON blobs, geospatial dimensions, currencies, binary data, other complex data types
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.noyesnonoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesnoSQL with time-series extensionsyes infofull PostgreSQL SQL syntax
APIs and other access methodsgRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
Java API
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Supported programming languagesC++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaC infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java infoJDBC
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresPythonTransact SQLnonouser defined functions, PL/pgSQL, PL/Tcl, PL/Perl, PL/Python, PL/Java, PL/PHP, PL/R, PL/Ruby, PL/Scheme, PL/Unix shell
Triggersyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infobased on Cassandrahorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)yes, across time and space (hash partitioning) attributes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with always 3 replicas availableselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraSource-replica replication with eventual consistencySource-replica replication with hot standby and reads on replicas info
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACID for single-table writesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infothrough memory mapped filesno
User concepts infoAccess controlSimple rights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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GreptimeDBMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL AzureNewtsQuestDBTimescaleDB
Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Relational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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High ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Financial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Banks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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Open source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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