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DBMS > Kinetica vs. Quasardb vs. ScyllaDB vs. TDengine

System Properties Comparison Kinetica vs. Quasardb vs. ScyllaDB vs. TDengine

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NameKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonTDengine  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeTime Series DBMS and big data platform
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSWide column storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Key-value storeRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.42
Rank#261  Overall
#120  Relational DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#332  Overall
#28  Time Series DBMS
Score4.15
Rank#69  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score2.48
Rank#107  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.kinetica.comquasar.aiwww.scylladb.comgithub.com/­taosdata/­TDengine
tdengine.com
Technical documentationdocs.kinetica.comdoc.quasar.ai/­masterdocs.scylladb.comdocs.tdengine.com
DeveloperKineticaquasardbScyllaDBTDEngine, previously Taos Data
Initial release2012200920152019
Current release7.1, August 20213.14.1, January 2024ScyllaDB Open Source 6.0.2, July 20243.0, August 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availableOpen Source infoAGPL V3, also commercial editions available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC, C++C++C++C
Server operating systemsLinuxBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infointeger and binaryyesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyes infowith tagsyes infocluster global secondary indicesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query languageSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)Standard SQL with extensions for time-series applications
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP APIProprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
For CQL interface: C#, C++, Clojure, Erlang, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala
For DynamoDB interface: .Net, ColdFusion, Erlang, Groovy, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoyes, Luano
Triggersyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangenonoyes, via alarm monitoring
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infoconsistent hashingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication with selectable replication factorselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnowith Hadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using LevelDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMyes infoTransient modeyes infoin-memory tables
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles on table levelCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailAccess rights for users can be defined per objectyes
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KineticaQuasardbScyllaDBTDengine
Specific characteristicsScyllaDB is engineered to deliver predictable performance at scale. It’s adopted...
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TDengine™ is a time-series database designed to help traditional industries overcome...
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Competitive advantagesHighly-performant (efficiently utilizes full resources of a node and network; millions...
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High Performance at Any Scale: With its distributed scalable architecture that grows...
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Typical application scenariosScyllaDB is ideal for applications that require high throughput and low latency at...
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TDengine is purpose-built for Industry 4.0 and the Industrial IoT (IIoT) and particularly...
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Key customersDiscord, Epic Games, Expedia, Zillow, Comcast, Disney+ Hotstar, Samsung, ShareChat,...
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Market metricsScyllaDB typically offers ~75% total cost of ownership savings, with ~5X higher throughput...
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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 modelsScyllaDB Open Source - free open source software (AGPL) ScyllaDB Enterprise - subscription-based...
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TDengine OSS is free, open-source software released under the AGPLv3. TDengine Enterprise...
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