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System Properties Comparison Interbase vs. JSqlDb vs. MonetDB vs. QuestDB vs. SQream DB

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NameInterbase  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSQream DB  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionLight-weight proven RDBMS infooriginally from BorlandJavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesA relational database management system that stores data in columnsA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataa GPU-based, columnar RDBMS for big data analytics workloads
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score4.61
Rank#72  Overall
#39  Relational DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#145  Overall
#67  Relational DBMS
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Score0.70
Rank#227  Overall
#104  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasejsqldb.org (offline)www.monetdb.orgquestdb.iosqream.com
Technical documentationdocs.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasewww.monetdb.org/­Documentationquestdb.io/­docsdocs.sqream.com
DeveloperEmbarcaderoKonrad von BackstromMonetDB BVQuestDB Technology IncSQream Technologies
Initial release19842018200420142017
Current releaseInterBase 2020, December 20190.8, December 2018Dec2023 (11.49), December 20232022.1.6, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageCCJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++, CUDA, Haskell, Java, Scala
Server operating systemsAndroid
iOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes, ANSI Standard SQL Types
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 infoexport as XML data possiblenono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsSQL with time-series extensionsyes
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Object Pascal
PHP
Ruby
JavaScriptC
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoInterbase procedure and trigger languagefunctions in JavaScriptyes, in SQL, C, Rnouser defined functions in Python
Triggersyesnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneSharding via remote tableshorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)horizontal and vertical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesInterbase Change Viewsnonenone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusSource-replica replication with eventual consistencynone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID for single-table writesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoMultiversion concurreny controlyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing RocksDByesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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InterbaseJSqlDbMonetDBQuestDBSQream DB
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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