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DBMS > InfluxDB vs. QuestDB vs. RisingWave

System Properties Comparison InfluxDB vs. QuestDB vs. RisingWave

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NameInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonRisingWave  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDBMS for storing time series, events and metricsA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataA distributed RDBMS for stream processing, wire-compatible with PostgreSQL
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith GEO packageRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score21.78
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score3.26
Rank#79  Overall
#6  Time Series DBMS
Score0.75
Rank#214  Overall
#101  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewquestdb.iowww.risingwave.com/­database
Technical documentationdocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbquestdb.io/­docsdocs.risingwave.com/­docs/­current/­intro
DeveloperQuestDB Technology IncRisingWave Labs
Initial release201320142022
Current release2.7.6, April 20241.2, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageGoJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustRust
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
Linux
macOS
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
Data schemeschema-freeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateNumeric data and StringsyesStandard SQL-types and JSON
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 indexesnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageSQL with time-series extensionsyes
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JSON over UDP
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languages.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoUDFs in Python or Java
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoin enterprise version onlyhorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlySource-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID for single-table writesno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
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 infothrough memory mapped filesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accountsUsers and Roles
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News

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9 April 2025

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