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System Properties Comparison Ignite vs. JSqlDb vs. Manticore Search vs. PostGIS vs. QuestDB

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NameIgnite  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionApache Ignite is a memory-centric distributed database, caching, and processing platform for transactional, analytical, and streaming workloads, delivering in-memory speeds at petabyte scale.JavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.Spatial extension of PostgreSQLA high performance open source SQL database for time series data
Primary database modelKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Object oriented DBMS
Search engineSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar LibraryRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score3.16
Rank#96  Overall
#15  Key-value stores
#49  Relational DBMS
Score0.22
Rank#312  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Websiteignite.apache.orgjsqldb.org (offline)manticoresearch.compostgis.netquestdb.io
Technical documentationapacheignite.readme.io/­docsmanual.manticoresearch.compostgis.net/­documentationquestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperApache Software FoundationKonrad von BackstromManticore SoftwareQuestDB Technology Inc
Initial release20152018201720052014
Current releaseApache Ignite 2.60.8, December 20186.0, February 20233.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL version 2Open Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++, Java, .NetC++CJava (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeFixed schemayesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocol
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, 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.yesnoCan index from XMLyesno
Secondary indexesyesnoyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLnoSQL-like query languageyesSQL with time-series extensions
APIs and other access methodsHDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
Binary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
JavaScriptElixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)functions in JavaScriptuser defined functionsuser defined functionsno
Triggersyes (cache interceptors and events)nonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedyes infobased on PostgreSQLhorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes (replicated cache)noneSynchronous replication based on Galera libraryyes infobased on PostgreSQLSource-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)nononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesACIDACID for single-table writes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing RocksDByes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsnoyes infobased on PostgreSQL
More information provided by the system vendor
IgniteJSqlDbManticore SearchPostGISQuestDB
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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