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System Properties Comparison Kinetica vs. QuestDB vs. Sadas Engine vs. STSdb

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NameKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environmentsKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score0.42
Rank#261  Overall
#120  Relational DBMS
Score2.81
Rank#98  Overall
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#159  Relational DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#365  Overall
#54  Key-value stores
Websitewww.kinetica.comquestdb.iowww.sadasengine.comgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationdocs.kinetica.comquestdb.io/­docswww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentation
DeveloperKineticaQuestDB Technology IncSADAS s.r.l.STS Soft SC
Initial release2012201420062011
Current release7.1, August 20218.04.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree trial version availableOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC, C++Java (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++C#
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Windows
Data schemeyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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 indexesyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL with time-series extensionsyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesC++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnonono
Triggersyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangenonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)horizontal partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication with eventual consistencynonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID for single-table writesno
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.yes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMyes infothrough memory mapped filesyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles on table levelAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardno
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