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System Properties Comparison Hive vs. Quasardb vs. QuestDB vs. YDB

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NameHive  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonYDB  Xexclude from comparison
Descriptiondata warehouse software for querying and managing large distributed datasets, built on HadoopDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataA distributed fault-tolerant database service, with high availability, scalability, immediate consistency and ACID transactions and providing an Amazon DynamoDB compatible API
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score61.17
Rank#18  Overall
#12  Relational DBMS
Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Score0.35
Rank#278  Overall
#43  Document stores
#127  Relational DBMS
Websitehive.apache.orgquasar.aiquestdb.iogithub.com/­ydb-platform/­ydb
ydb.tech
Technical documentationcwiki.apache.org/­confluence/­display/­Hive/­Homedoc.quasar.ai/­masterquestdb.io/­docsydb.tech/­en/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoinitially developed by FacebookquasardbQuestDB Technology IncYandex
Initial release2012200920142019
Current release3.1.3, April 20223.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0; commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++Java (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line ProtocolFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infointeger and binaryyesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyes infowith tagsnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query languageSQL with time-series extensionsSQL-like query language (YQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Thrift
HTTP APIHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Supported programming languagesC++
Java
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenonono
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infoconsistent hashinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replication with selectable replication factorSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyActive-passive shard replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducewith Hadoop integrationnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID for single-table writesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using LevelDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoTransient modeyes infothrough memory mapped filesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and rolesCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailAccess rights defined for Yandex Cloud users
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HiveQuasardbQuestDBYDB
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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