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System Properties Comparison IBM Db2 vs. Spark SQL vs. SQLite vs. TDengine

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NameIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparisonSQLite  Xexclude from comparisonTDengine  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionCommon in IBM host environments, 2 different versions for host and Windows/LinuxSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingWidely used embeddable, in-process RDBMSTime Series DBMS and big data platform
Primary database modelRelational DBMS infoSince Version 10.5 support for JSON/BSON documents compatible with MongoDBRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store infoin Db2 LUW (Linux, Unix, Windows)
Spatial DBMS infowith Db2 Spatial Extender
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score128.46
Rank#8  Overall
#5  Relational DBMS
Score18.96
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Score114.32
Rank#10  Overall
#7  Relational DBMS
Score2.60
Rank#107  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.ibm.com/­products/­db2spark.apache.org/­sqlwww.sqlite.orggithub.com/­taosdata/­TDengine
tdengine.com
Technical documentationwww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2spark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.htmlwww.sqlite.org/­docs.htmldocs.tdengine.com
DeveloperIBMApache Software FoundationDwayne Richard HippTDEngine, previously Taos Data
Initial release1983 infohost version201420002019
Current release12.1, October 20163.5.0 ( 2.13), September 20233.45.3  (15 April 2024), April 20243.0, August 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree version is availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoPublic DomainOpen Source infoAGPL V3, also commercial editions available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC and C++ScalaCC
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-lessLinux
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyes infodynamic column typesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infonot rigid because of 'dynamic typing' concept.yes
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 indexesyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedStandard SQL with extensions for time-series applications
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
JSON style queries infoMongoDB compatible
ODBC
XQuery
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET infoinofficial driver
JDBC infoinofficial driver
ODBC infoinofficial driver
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Visual Basic
Java
Python
R
Scala
Actionscript
Ada
Basic
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Forth
Fortran
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
PL/SQL
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Scheme
Smalltalk
Tcl
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonono
Triggersyesnoyesyes, via alarm monitoring
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoonly with Windows/Unix/Linux Versionyes, utilizing Spark CorenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infowith separate tools (MQ, InfoSphere)nonenoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infovia file-system locksyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnonoyes
More information provided by the system vendor
IBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2Spark SQLSQLiteTDengine
Specific characteristicsTDengine™ is a next generation data historian purpose-built for Industry 4.0 and...
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Competitive advantagesHigh Performance at any Scale: TDengine is purpose-built for handling massive industrial...
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Typical application scenariosTDengine is designed for Industrial IoT scenarios, including: Manufacturing Connected...
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Market metricsTDengine has garnered over 22,500 stars on GitHub and is used in over 50 countries...
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Licensing and pricing modelsTDengine OSS is an open source, cloud native time series database. It includes built-in...
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