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DBMS > IBM Db2 warehouse vs. Lovefield vs. OrigoDB vs. PouchDB vs. QuestDB

System Properties Comparison IBM Db2 warehouse vs. Lovefield vs. OrigoDB vs. PouchDB vs. QuestDB

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NameIBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDB  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionCloud-based data warehousing serviceEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBA high performance open source SQL database for time series data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Document storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score1.37
Rank#160  Overall
#74  Relational DBMS
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#380  Overall
#50  Document stores
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score2.34
Rank#112  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.ibm.com/­products/­db2/­warehousegoogle.github.io/­lovefieldorigodb.compouchdb.comquestdb.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdorigodb.com/­docspouchdb.com/­guidesquestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperIBMGoogleRobert Friberg et alApache Software FoundationQuestDB Technology Inc
Initial release201420142009 infounder the name LiveDB20122014
Current release2.1.12, February 20177.1.1, June 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC#JavaScriptJava (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemshostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-freeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocol
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsnoyes
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.no infoImport/export of XML data possiblenono infocan be achieved using .NETnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infovia viewsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternnonoSQL with time-series extensions
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
JavaScript.NetJavaScriptC infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresPL/SQL, SQL PLnoyesView functions in JavaScriptno
TriggersyesUsing read-only observersyes infoDomain Eventsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonehorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungehorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesnoneSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesdepending on modelnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDnoACID for single-table writes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes infoWrite ahead logyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infousing MemoryDByesyesyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoRole based authorizationno
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IBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDBLovefieldOrigoDBPouchDBQuestDB
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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