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System Properties Comparison JSqlDb vs. QuestDB vs. Tarantool

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NameJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonTarantool  Xexclude from comparison
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DescriptionJavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataIn-memory computing platform with a flexible data schema for efficiently building high-performance applications
Primary database modelDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Time Series DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Spatial DBMS infowith Tarantool/GIS extension
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.49
Rank#135  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score2.01
Rank#155  Overall
#27  Key-value stores
Websitejsqldb.org (offline)questdb.iowww.tarantool.io
Technical documentationquestdb.io/­docs/­introductionwww.tarantool.io/­en/­doc
DeveloperKonrad von BackstromQuestDB LimitedVK
Initial release201820142008
Current release0.8, December 20182.10.0, May 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoBSD
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaC and C++
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
BSD
Linux
macOS
Data schemeschema-freeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolschema-free, schema definition possible
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesstring, double, decimal, uuid, integer, blob, boolean
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 SQLnoSQL-like query languageFull-featured ANSI SQL support
APIs and other access methodsHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
Open binary protocol
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C
C#
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresfunctions in JavaScriptnoLua, C and SQL stored procedures
Triggersnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Hash sharding based on virtual buckets
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneConfigurable consistency for N replicasMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes, with SQL
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID for single-table writesACID, read commited
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, cooperative multitasking
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing RocksDByesyes, regular snapshots on disk, write ahead logging
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infothrough memory mapped filesyes, full featured in-memory storage engine with persistence
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles
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JSqlDbQuestDBTarantool
Specific characteristicsRelational model with native time series support Column based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesReal-time data ingestion and istant SQL queries for time series High performance...
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Typical application scenariosApplication metrics Financial market data and algo trading DevOps monitoring Real-time...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache 2.0.
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