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DBMS > HyperSQL vs. JSqlDb vs. MonetDB vs. Oracle Coherence vs. QuestDB

System Properties Comparison HyperSQL vs. JSqlDb vs. MonetDB vs. Oracle Coherence vs. QuestDB

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NameHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Coherence  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 primitivesA relational database management system that stores data in columnsOracles in-memory data grid solutionA high performance open source SQL database for time series data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score3.49
Rank#87  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#145  Overall
#67  Relational DBMS
Score1.92
Rank#130  Overall
#22  Key-value stores
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Websitehsqldb.orgjsqldb.org (offline)www.monetdb.orgwww.oracle.com/­java/­coherencequestdb.io
Technical documentationhsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmlwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationdocs.oracle.com/­en/­middleware/­standalone/­coherencequestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperKonrad von BackstromMonetDB BVOracleQuestDB Technology Inc
Initial release20012018200420072014
Current release2.7.2, June 20230.8, December 2018Dec2023 (11.49), December 202314.1, August 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infobased on BSD licenseOpen SourceOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaCJavaJava (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modesLinux
macOS
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-freeyes 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 indexesyesnoyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsnoSQL with time-series extensions
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
JCache
JPA
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
JavaScriptC
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
C++
Java
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava, SQLfunctions in JavaScriptyes, in SQL, C, Rnono
Triggersyesnoyesyes infoLive Eventsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneSharding via remote tablesShardinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenonenone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusyes, with selectable consistency levelSource-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 ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDconfigurableACID for single-table writes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing RocksDByesyes infooptionallyyes
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-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardauthentification to access the cache via certificates or http basic authentication
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HyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDBJSqlDbMonetDBOracle CoherenceQuestDB
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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