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DBMS > InfluxDB vs. OpenQM vs. VelocityDB

System Properties Comparison InfluxDB vs. OpenQM vs. VelocityDB

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NameInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDBMS for storing time series, events and metricsQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSMultivalue DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith GEO package
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score21.54
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score0.25
Rank#293  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#382  Overall
#40  Graph DBMS
#20  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmvelocitydb.com
Technical documentationdocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbvelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperRocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsVelocityDB Inc
Initial release201319932011
Current release2.7.6, April 20243.4-127.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availableOpen Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageGoC#
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Any that supports .NET
Data schemeschema-freeyes infowith some exceptionsyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateNumeric data and Stringsyes
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.noyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagenono
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JSON over UDP
.Net
Supported programming languages.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesno
TriggersnoyesCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoin enterprise version onlyyesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlyyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoDepending on used storage engineyes
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accountsAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelBased on Windows Authentication
More information provided by the system vendor
InfluxDBOpenQM infoalso called QMVelocityDB
News

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17 April 2025

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15 April 2025

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9 April 2025

Optimizing SQL (and DataFrames) in DataFusion: Part 2
3 April 2025

Simplifying Multi-Node Setups with InfluxDB 3 Enterprise Modes
2 April 2025

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Recent citations in the news

InfluxData Releases InfluxDB 3 Core and InfluxDB 3 Enterprise
16 April 2025, Database Trends and Applications

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InfluxDB 3 Core & Enterprise bring high-speed data tools
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InfluxData Announces General Availability of InfluxDB 3 Core and InfluxDB 3 Enterprise, Simplifying How Developers Build with Time Series Data
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