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System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. QuestDB vs. TDengine

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonTDengine  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataTime Series DBMS and big data platform
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score7.58
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score2.66
Rank#104  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score2.45
Rank#107  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Websitekx.comquestdb.iogithub.com/­taosdata/­TDengine
tdengine.com
Technical documentationcode.kx.comquestdb.io/­docsdocs.tdengine.com
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcQuestDB Technology IncTDEngine, previously Taos Data
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320142019
Current release3.6, May 20183.0, August 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoAGPL V3, also commercial editions available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageqJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustC
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'nono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)SQL with time-series extensionsStandard SQL with extensions for time-series applications
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnono
Triggersyes infowith viewsnoyes, via alarm monitoring
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioninghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID for single-table writes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
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 controlrights management via user accountsyes
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KdbQuestDBTDengine
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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TDengine™ is a time-series database designed to help traditional industries overcome...
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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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High Performance at Any Scale: With its distributed scalable architecture that grows...
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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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TDengine is purpose-built for Industry 4.0 and the Industrial IoT (IIoT) and particularly...
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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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TDengine has garnered over 23,000 stars on GitHub and is used in over 50 countries...
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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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TDengine OSS is free, open-source software released under the AGPLv3. TDengine Enterprise...
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