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DBMS > HyperSQL vs. LokiJS vs. QuestDB vs. SWC-DB

System Properties Comparison HyperSQL vs. LokiJS vs. QuestDB vs. SWC-DB

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NameHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMultithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBIn-memory JavaScript DBMSA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score3.49
Rank#87  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Score0.01
Rank#376  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websitehsqldb.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSquestdb.iogithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationhsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmltechfort.github.io/­LokiJSquestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperQuestDB Technology IncAlex Kashirin
Initial release2001201420142020
Current release2.7.2, June 20230.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infobased on BSD licenseOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaScriptJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modesserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyes
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 indexesyesyes infovia viewsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoSQL with time-series extensionsSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
JavaScript APIHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
JavaScriptC infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava, SQLView functions in JavaScriptnono
Triggersyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonehorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneSource-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID for single-table writes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes infothrough memory mapped filesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno
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HyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDBLokiJSQuestDBSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database
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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