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System Properties Comparison Hyprcubd vs. NuoDB vs. Pinecone vs. PostGIS vs. QuestDB

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NameHyprcubd  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparison
Hyprcubd seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionServerless Time Series DBMSNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsA managed, cloud-native vector databaseSpatial extension of PostgreSQLA high performance open source SQL database for time series data
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMSSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.89
Rank#198  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score3.16
Rank#95  Overall
#2  Vector DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Websitehyprcubd.com (offline)www.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasewww.pinecone.iopostgis.netquestdb.io
Technical documentationdoc.nuodb.comdocs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overviewpostgis.net/­documentationquestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperHyprcubd, Inc.Dassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.Pinecone Systems, IncQuestDB Technology Inc
Initial release2013201920052014
Current release3.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infolimited edition freecommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnoyesnono
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Implementation languageGoC++CJava (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemshostedhosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocol
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infotime, int, uint, float, stringyesString, Number, Booleanyesyes
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.nononoyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageyesnoyesSQL with time-series extensions
APIs and other access methodsgRPC (https)ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP APIHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
PythonC infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava, SQLuser defined functionsno
Triggersnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenyes infobased on PostgreSQLhorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDByes infobased on PostgreSQLSource-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID infotunable commit protocolACIDACID for single-table writes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datanoyes infoMVCCyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infoTemporary tablenonoyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controltoken accessStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Usersyes infobased on PostgreSQL
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HyprcubdNuoDBPineconePostGISQuestDB
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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