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DBMS > InterSystems IRIS vs. QuestDB vs. Rockset vs. Yaacomo

System Properties Comparison InterSystems IRIS vs. QuestDB vs. Rockset vs. Yaacomo

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NameInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonYaacomo  Xexclude from comparison
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DescriptionA containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalabilityA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBOpenCL based in-memory RDBMS, designed for efficiently utilizing the hardware via parallel computing
Primary database modelDocument store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score2.98
Rank#91  Overall
#17  Document stores
#14  Key-value stores
#1  Object oriented DBMS
#49  Relational DBMS
Score2.81
Rank#98  Overall
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#180  Overall
#31  Document stores
Websitewww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-irisquestdb.iorockset.comyaacomo.com
Technical documentationdocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.clsquestdb.io/­docsdocs.rockset.com
DeveloperInterSystemsQuestDB Technology IncRocksetQ2WEB GmbH
Initial release2018201420192009
Current release2023.3, June 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++
Server operating systemsAIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
hostedAndroid
Linux
Windows
Data schemedepending on used data modelyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesdynamic typingyes
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.yesnono infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesyesnoall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL with time-series extensionsRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
HTTP RESTJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnono
Triggersyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Automatic shardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyyesSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID for single-table writesnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.yesyes infothrough memory mapped filesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consolefine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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