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DBMS > gStore vs. jBASE vs. Kdb vs. Prometheus vs. QuestDB

System Properties Comparison gStore vs. jBASE vs. Kdb vs. Prometheus vs. QuestDB

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NamegStore  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonPrometheus  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA native Graph DBMS to store and maintain very large RDF datasets.A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareHigh performance Time Series DBMSOpen-source Time Series DBMS and monitoring systemA high performance open source SQL database for time series data
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
RDF store
Multivalue DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.14
Rank#342  Overall
#34  Graph DBMS
#16  RDF stores
Score1.49
Rank#156  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score7.69
Rank#50  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Websiteen.gstore.cnwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasekx.comprometheus.ioquestdb.io
Technical documentationen.gstore.cn/­#/­enDocsdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9code.kx.comprometheus.io/­docsquestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)Kx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcQuestDB Technology Inc
Initial release201619912000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320152014
Current release1.2, November 20235.73.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSDcommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++qGoJava (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemsLinuxAIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema supportschema-freeyesyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocol
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptionalyesNumeric data onlyyes
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.noyesyesno infoImport of XML data possibleno
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'nono
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICSQL-like query language (q)noSQL with time-series extensions
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languagesC++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C++
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Ruby
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesuser defined functionsnono
Triggersyesyes infowith viewsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioningShardinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesSource-replica replicationyes infoby FederationSource-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDnonoACID for single-table writes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesnoyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers, roles and permissions, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) supportedAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelrights management via user accountsno
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gStorejBASEKdbPrometheusQuestDB
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Relational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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High ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Financial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Banks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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Open source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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