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System Properties Comparison H2 vs. HBase vs. JSqlDb vs. MonetDB vs. QuestDB

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NameH2  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableJavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesA relational database management system that stores data in columnsA high performance open source SQL database for time series data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSWide column storeDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score8.13
Rank#49  Overall
#31  Relational DBMS
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score1.72
Rank#145  Overall
#67  Relational DBMS
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.h2database.comhbase.apache.orgjsqldb.org (offline)www.monetdb.orgquestdb.io
Technical documentationwww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmlhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationquestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperThomas MuellerApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetKonrad von BackstromMonetDB BVQuestDB Technology Inc
Initial release20052008201820042014
Current release2.2.220, July 20232.3.4, January 20210.8, December 2018Dec2023 (11.49), December 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)Open Source infoApache version 2Open SourceOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaCJava (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
macOS
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-freeyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocol
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROnoyesyes
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 indexesyesnonoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnonoyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsSQL with time-series extensions
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languagesJavaC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
JavaScriptC
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined Functionsyes infoCoprocessors in Javafunctions in JavaScriptyes, in SQL, C, Rno
Triggersyesyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneSharding via remote tableshorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databaseMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
nonenone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusSource-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDACID for single-table writes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing RocksDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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H2HBaseJSqlDbMonetDBQuestDB
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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