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System Properties Comparison Manticore Search vs. QuestDB vs. RRDtool vs. TDengine

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NameManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonRRDtool  Xexclude from comparisonTDengine  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.A high performance open source SQL database for time series dataIndustry standard data logging and graphing tool for time series data. RRD is an acronym for round-robin database. infoThe data is stored in a circular buffer, thus the system storage footprint remains constant over time.Time Series DBMS and big data platform
Primary database modelSearch engineTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar LibraryRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.22
Rank#312  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Score1.87
Rank#136  Overall
#11  Time Series DBMS
Score2.60
Rank#107  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Websitemanticoresearch.comquestdb.iooss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtoolgithub.com/­taosdata/­TDengine
tdengine.com
Technical documentationmanual.manticoresearch.comquestdb.io/­docsoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool/­docdocs.tdengine.com
DeveloperManticore SoftwareQuestDB Technology IncTobias OetikerTDEngine, previously Taos Data
Initial release2017201419992019
Current release6.0, February 20231.8.0, 20223.0, August 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL V2 and FLOSSOpen Source infoAGPL V3, also commercial editions available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++Java (Zero-GC), C++, RustC infoImplementations in Java (e.g. RRD4J) and C# availableC
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
HP-UX
Linux
Linux
Windows
Data schemeFixed schemayes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, BooleanyesNumeric 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.Can index from XMLnono infoExporting into and restoring from XML files possibleno
Secondary indexesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsnonono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageSQL with time-series extensionsnoStandard SQL with extensions for time-series applications
APIs and other access methodsBinary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
in-process shared library
Pipes
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesElixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C infowith librrd library
C# infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Java infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
JavaScript (Node.js) infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Lua
Perl
PHP infowith a wrapper library
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnonono
Triggersnononoyes, via alarm monitoring
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedhorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)noneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication based on Galera librarySource-replica replication with eventual consistencynoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesACID for single-table writesno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoby using the rrdcached daemonyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.yesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infothrough memory mapped filesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoyes
More information provided by the system vendor
Manticore SearchQuestDBRRDtoolTDengine
Specific characteristicsRelational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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TDengineā„¢ is a next generation data historian purpose-built for Industry 4.0 and...
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Competitive advantagesHigh ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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High Performance at any Scale: TDengine is purpose-built for handling massive industrial...
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Typical application scenariosFinancial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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TDengine is designed for Industrial IoT scenarios, including: Manufacturing Connected...
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Key customersBanks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Market metricsTDengine has garnered over 22,500 stars on GitHub and is used in over 50 countries...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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TDengine OSS is an open source, cloud native time series database. It includes built-in...
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