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System Properties Comparison Lovefield vs. QuestDB vs. SpaceTime vs. Ultipa

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NameLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparisonUltipa  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.High performance Graph DBMS supporting HTAP high availability cluster deployment
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSSpatial DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#335  Overall
#31  Graph DBMS
Websitegoogle.github.io/­lovefieldquestdb.iowww.mireo.com/­spacetimewww.ultipa.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdquestdb.io/­docswww.ultipa.com/­document
DeveloperGoogleQuestDB Technology IncMireoUltipa
Initial release2014201420202019
Current release2.1.12, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternSQL with time-series extensionsA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
RESTful HTTP APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C#
C++
Python
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono
TriggersUsing read-only observersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Fixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyReal-time block device replication (DRBD)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
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 dataACIDACID for single-table writesno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infousing MemoryDByes infothrough memory mapped filesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyes
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LovefieldQuestDBSpaceTimeUltipa
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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