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System Properties Comparison JSqlDb vs. MonetDB vs. OpenSearch vs. QuestDB vs. TerminusDB

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NameJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonOpenSearch  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesA relational database management system that stores data in columnsA distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine forked from Elasticsearch and based on Apache LuceneA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMSSearch engineTime Series DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Vector DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
RDF store
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Score1.72
Rank#145  Overall
#67  Relational DBMS
Score16.36
Rank#37  Overall
#4  Search engines
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#325  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
Websitejsqldb.org (offline)www.monetdb.orggithub.com/­opensearch-project
opensearch.org
questdb.ioterminusdb.com
Technical documentationwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationopensearch.org/­docs/­latestquestdb.io/­docsterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperKonrad von BackstromMonetDB BVAmazon Web ServicesQuestDB Technology IncDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release20182004202120142018
Current release0.8, December 2018Dec2023 (11.49), December 20232.5.0, January 202311.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCJavaJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustProlog, Rust
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-free infoFlexible type definitions. Once a type is defined, it is persistentyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes
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 indexesnoyesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsSQL-like query languageSQL with time-series extensionsSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby infoElasticsearch client
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresfunctions in JavaScriptyes, in SQL, C, Ryesnoyes
Triggersnoyesyes infoby using the 'percolation' featurenoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding via remote tablesShardinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Graph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusyesSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoSynchronous doc based replication. Get by ID may show delays up to 1 sec. Configurable write consistency: one, quorum, allImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACID for single-table writesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing RocksDByesyesyesyes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access control
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JSqlDbMonetDBOpenSearchQuestDBTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist
Specific characteristicsOpenSearch is a highly scalable and extensible open-source software suite for search,...
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Relational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesDistributed as fully open source under Apache License, Version 2.0 (ALv2), OpenSearch...
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High ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenariosThe OpenSearch platform is used across a broad range of search , analytics, and observability...
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Financial 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 modelsThe OpenSearch Project offers open source software licensed under Apache License...
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Open source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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