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DBMS > JaguarDB vs. PostGIS vs. QuestDB vs. Splunk

System Properties Comparison JaguarDB vs. PostGIS vs. QuestDB vs. Splunk

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NameJaguarDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSplunk  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionPerformant, highly scalable DBMS for AI and IoT applicationsSpatial extension of PostgreSQLA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataAnalytics Platform for Big Data
Primary database modelKey-value store
Vector DBMS
Spatial DBMSTime Series DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.06
Rank#381  Overall
#59  Key-value stores
#13  Vector DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score89.10
Rank#14  Overall
#2  Search engines
Websitewww.jaguardb.compostgis.netquestdb.iowww.splunk.com
Technical documentationwww.jaguardb.com/­support.htmlpostgis.net/­documentationquestdb.io/­docsdocs.splunk.com/­Documentation/­Splunk
DeveloperDataJaguar, Inc.QuestDB Technology IncSplunk Inc.
Initial release2015200520142003
Current release3.3 July 20233.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL V3.0Open Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial infoLimited free edition and free developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++ infothe server part. Clients available in other languagesCJava (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.noyesnoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infobut no views, foreign keys, triggersyesSQL with time-series extensionsno infoSplunk Search Processing Language for search commands
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C#
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsnoyes
Triggersnoyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQLhorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyes infobased on PostgreSQLSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID for single-table writesno infoA 'Transaction' in Splunk has a different meaning: grouping related events into a single one for later searching
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.nonoyes infothrough memory mapped filesno
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsyes infobased on PostgreSQLAccess rights for users and roles
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JaguarDBPostGISQuestDBSplunk
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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