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DBMS > JSqlDb vs. LokiJS vs. MonetDB vs. QuestDB vs. ToroDB

System Properties Comparison JSqlDb vs. LokiJS vs. MonetDB vs. QuestDB vs. ToroDB

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NameJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonToroDB  Xexclude from comparison
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DescriptionJavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesIn-memory JavaScript DBMSA relational database management system that stores data in columnsA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataA MongoDB-compatible JSON document store, built on top of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Document storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score1.72
Rank#145  Overall
#67  Relational DBMS
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Websitejsqldb.org (offline)github.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.monetdb.orgquestdb.iogithub.com/­torodb/­server
Technical documentationtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationquestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperKonrad von BackstromMonetDB BVQuestDB Technology Inc8Kdata
Initial release20182014200420142016
Current release0.8, December 2018Dec2023 (11.49), December 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoAGPL-V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptCJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustJava
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
All OS with a Java 7 VM
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyesyesyes infostring, integer, double, boolean, date, object_id
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnoyes infovia viewsyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsSQL with time-series extensions
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaScriptC
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresfunctions in JavaScriptView functions in JavaScriptyes, in SQL, C, Rno
Triggersnoyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneSharding via remote tableshorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenonenone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusSource-replica replication with eventual consistencySource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACIDACID for single-table writesno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing RocksDByes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyesyes
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 controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and roles
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JSqlDbLokiJSMonetDBQuestDBToroDB
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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