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DBMS > HyperSQL vs. JSqlDb vs. Memgraph vs. MonetDB vs. QuestDB

System Properties Comparison HyperSQL vs. JSqlDb vs. Memgraph vs. MonetDB vs. QuestDB

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NameHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionMultithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBJavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jA relational database management system that stores data in columnsA high performance open source SQL database for time series data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Graph DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score3.49
Rank#87  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
Score3.02
Rank#98  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#145  Overall
#67  Relational DBMS
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Websitehsqldb.orgjsqldb.org (offline)memgraph.comwww.monetdb.orgquestdb.io
Technical documentationhsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmlmemgraph.com/­docswww.monetdb.org/­Documentationquestdb.io/­docs
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperKonrad von BackstromMemgraph LtdMonetDB BVQuestDB Technology Inc
Initial release20012018201720042014
Current release2.7.2, June 20230.8, December 2018Dec2023 (11.49), December 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infobased on BSD licenseOpen SourceOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availableOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC and C++CJava (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modesLinux
macOS
Windows
LinuxFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-free and schema-optionalyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocol
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes
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 indexesyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnonoyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsSQL with time-series extensions
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
JavaScript.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
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, SQLfunctions in JavaScriptyes, in SQL, C, Rno
Triggersyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneSharding infodynamic graph partitioningSharding via remote tableshorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneMulti-source replication using RAFTnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusSource-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes inforelationships in graphsyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infowith snapshot isolationACIDACID for single-table writes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing RocksDByes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyesyes
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-standardUsers, roles and permissionsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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HyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDBJSqlDbMemgraphMonetDBQuestDB
Specific characteristicsMemgraph directly connects to your streaming infrastructure so you and your team...
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Relational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesBusiness Source License ensures a future for the Memgraph community MAGE algorithm...
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High ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenariosGraph algorithms in bioinformatics Social network analysis Cryptocurrency network...
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Financial 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 modelsYou can check out our pricing model and licenses on the company website .
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Open source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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