DB-EnginesExtremeDB for everyone with an RTOSEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > HBase vs. Sadas Engine vs. Speedb vs. TimescaleDB

System Properties Comparison HBase vs. Sadas Engine vs. Speedb vs. TimescaleDB

Please select another system to include it in the comparison.

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameHBase  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparisonSpeedb  Xexclude from comparisonTimescaleDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environmentsAn embeddable, high performance key-value store optimized for write-intensive workloads, which can be used as a drop-in replacement for RocksDBA time series DBMS optimized for fast ingest and complex queries, based on PostgreSQL
Primary database modelWide column storeRelational DBMSKey-value storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.07
Rank#373  Overall
#157  Relational DBMS
Score0.26
Rank#310  Overall
#45  Key-value stores
Score4.46
Rank#71  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Websitehbase.apache.orgwww.sadasengine.comwww.speedb.iowww.timescale.com
Technical documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlwww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentationdocs.timescale.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetSADAS s.r.l.SpeedbTimescale
Initial release2008200620202017
Current release2.3.4, January 20218.02.15.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2commercial infofree trial version availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0; commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageJavaC++C++C
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
AIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-free, schema definition possibleyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesnonumerics, 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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesnoyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnoyes infofull PostgreSQL SQL syntax
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
C
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java infoJDBC
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoCoprocessors in Javanonouser defined functions, PL/pgSQL, PL/Tcl, PL/Perl, PL/Python, PL/Java, PL/PHP, PL/R, PL/Ruby, PL/Scheme, PL/Unix shell
Triggersyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioninghorizontal partitioningyes, across time and space (hash partitioning) attributes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
noneyesSource-replica replication with hot standby and reads on replicas info
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)yesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
HBaseSadas EngineSpeedbTimescaleDB
Specific characteristicsSpeedb is an embedded key-value storage engine for versatile use cases. It was designed...
» more
Competitive advantagesSpeedb Open-source rebases on RocksDB's latest versions, with enhanced capabilities...
» more
Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source - Speedb OSS is released under an Apache license and can be found on...
» more

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
HBaseSadas EngineSpeedbTimescaleDB
DB-Engines blog posts

Cloudera's HBase PaaS offering now supports Complex Transactions
11 August 2021,  Krishna Maheshwari (sponsor) 

Why is Hadoop not listed in the DB-Engines Ranking?
13 May 2013, Paul Andlinger

show all

Recent citations in the news

What Is HBase?
19 August 2021, IBM

Less Components, Higher Performance: Apache Doris instead of ClickHouse, MySQL, Presto, and HBase
20 October 2023, hackernoon.com

HBase: The database big data left behind
6 May 2016, InfoWorld

Monitor Apache HBase on Amazon EMR using Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus and Amazon Managed ...
13 February 2023, AWS Blog

HydraBase – The evolution of HBase@Facebook
5 June 2014, Facebook Engineering

provided by Google News

Redis switches licenses, acquires Speedb to go beyond its core in-memory database
21 March 2024, TechCrunch

Redis acquires storage engine startup Speedb to enhance its open-source database
21 March 2024, SiliconANGLE News

Redis expands data management capabilities with Speedb acquisition – Blocks and Files
22 March 2024, Blocks & Files

Redis Acquires Speedb, Expanding Its Data Platform Capabilities Beyond DRAM
22 March 2024, Datanami

Redis Acquires Speedb to Supercharge End-to-End Application Performance at Lower Cost
21 March 2024, GlobeNewswire

provided by Google News

TimescaleDB Is a Vector Database Now, Too
25 September 2023, Datanami

Timescale Acquires PopSQL to Bring a Modern, Collaborative SQL GUI to PostgreSQL Developers
4 April 2024, PR Newswire

Power IoT and time-series workloads with TimescaleDB for Azure Database for PostgreSQL
18 March 2019, Microsoft

Timescale Valuation Rockets to Over $1B with $110M Round, Marking the Explosive Rise of Time-Series Data
22 February 2022, businesswire.com

Timescale announces $15M investment and new enterprise version of TimescaleDB
29 January 2019, TechCrunch

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

Milvus logo

Vector database designed for GenAI, fully equipped for enterprise implementation.
Try Managed Milvus for Free

Present your product here