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System Properties Comparison gStore vs. H2 vs. Microsoft SQL Server vs. Netezza vs. QuestDB

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NamegStore  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft SQL Server  Xexclude from comparisonNetezza infoAlso called PureData System for Analytics by IBM  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA native Graph DBMS to store and maintain very large RDF datasets.Full-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Microsofts flagship relational DBMSData warehouse and analytics appliance part of IBM PureSystemsA high performance open source SQL database for time series data
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
RDF store
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score0.14
Rank#342  Overall
#34  Graph DBMS
#16  RDF stores
Score8.33
Rank#46  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Score821.56
Rank#3  Overall
#3  Relational DBMS
Score8.59
Rank#45  Overall
#29  Relational DBMS
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Websiteen.gstore.cnwww.h2database.comwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­sql-serverwww.ibm.com/­products/­netezzaquestdb.io
Technical documentationen.gstore.cn/­#/­enDocswww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmllearn.microsoft.com/­en-US/­sql/­sql-serverquestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperThomas MuellerMicrosoftIBMQuestDB Technology Inc
Initial release20162005198920002014
Current release1.2, November 20232.2.220, July 2023SQL Server 2022, November 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSDOpen Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)commercial inforestricted free version is availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaC++Java (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java VMLinux
Windows
Linux infoincluded in applianceLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema supportyesyesyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocol
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyesyesSQL with time-series extensions
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languagesC++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
JavaC#
C++
Delphi
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Visual Basic
C
C++
Fortran
Java
Lua
Perl
Python
R
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined FunctionsTransact SQL, .NET languages, R, Python and (with SQL Server 2019) Javayesno
Triggersyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonetables can be distributed across several files (horizontal partitioning); sharding through federationShardinghorizontal 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 databaseyes, but depending on the SQL-Server EditionSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDACIDACIDACID for single-table writes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyesyes
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.noyesyesyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers, roles and permissions, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) supportedfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers with fine-grained authorization concept
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gStoreH2Microsoft SQL ServerNetezza infoAlso called PureData System for Analytics by IBMQuestDB
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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