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System Properties Comparison MaxDB vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. Quasardb vs. QuestDB vs. SiteWhere

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NameMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSearch engineTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score2.32
Rank#112  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score5.59
Rank#63  Overall
#7  Search engines
Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#356  Overall
#35  Time Series DBMS
Websitemaxdb.sap.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchquasar.aiquestdb.iogithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewhere
Technical documentationmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationlearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchdoc.quasar.ai/­masterquestdb.io/­docssitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.html
DeveloperSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997MicrosoftquasardbQuestDB Technology IncSiteWhere
Initial release19842015200920142010
Current release7.9.10.12, February 2024V13.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoLimited community edition freecommercialcommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageC++C++Java (Zero-GC), C++, RustJava
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
hostedBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolpredefined scheme
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes 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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infowith tagsnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoSQL-like query languageSQL with time-series extensionsno
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
RESTful HTTP APIHTTP APIHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
HTTP REST
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonono
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSharding infoconsistent hashinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Sharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSource-replica replication with selectable replication factorSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonowith Hadoop integrationnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID for single-table writesno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoby using LevelDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes infoTransient modeyes infothrough memory mapped filesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infousing Azure authenticationCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailUsers with fine-grained authorization concept
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MaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-DMicrosoft Azure AI SearchQuasardbQuestDBSiteWhere
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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