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System Properties Comparison HBase vs. InfluxDB vs. OpenTenBase vs. Quasardb vs. Rockset

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NameHBase  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonOpenTenBase  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableDBMS for storing time series, events and metricsAn enterprise-level distributed HTAP open source database based on PostgreSQLDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelWide column storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith GEO packageRelational DBMS
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Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score24.39
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#370  Overall
#156  Relational DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#322  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Websitehbase.apache.orgwww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewgithub.com/­OpenTenBase/­OpenTenBase
www.opentenbase.org
quasar.airockset.com
Technical documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmldocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbdocs.opentenbase.org
docs.opentenbase.org/­en
doc.quasar.ai/­masterdocs.rockset.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetOpenAtom Foundation, previously TencentquasardbRockset
Initial release2008201320092019
Current release2.3.4, January 20212.7.6, April 20242.5, January 20243.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availableOpen Source infoBSD-3commercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensescommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageJavaGoC++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
LinuxBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
hosted
Data schemeschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateoptions to bring your own types, AVRONumeric data and Stringsyesyes infointeger and binarydynamic typing
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 infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesnonoyesyes infowith tagsall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languageyesSQL-like query languageRead-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
HTTP API
JSON over UDP
HTTP APIHTTP REST
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
C
Go
Java
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoCoprocessors in Javanonono
Triggersyesnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infoin enterprise version onlyShardingSharding infoconsistent hashingAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
selectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlyyesSource-replica replication with selectable replication factoryes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnowith Hadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)noACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoby using LevelDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoDepending on used storage engineyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACsimple rights management via user accountsAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console
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HBaseInfluxDBOpenTenBaseQuasardbRockset
Specific characteristicsInfluxData is the creator of InfluxDB , the open source time series database. It...
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Competitive advantagesTime to Value InfluxDB is available in all the popular languages and frameworks,...
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Typical application scenariosIoT & Sensor Monitoring Developers are witnessing the instrumentation of every available...
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Key customersInfluxData has more than 1,900 paying customers, including customers include MuleSoft,...
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Market metricsFastest-growing database to drive 27,500 GitHub stars Over 750,000 daily active instances
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source core with closed source clustering available either on-premise or on...
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