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DBMS > MaxDB vs. QuestDB vs. Spark SQL vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison MaxDB vs. QuestDB vs. Spark SQL vs. SwayDB

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NameMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score2.26
Rank#114  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score18.04
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Websitemaxdb.sap.comquestdb.iospark.apache.org/­sqlswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationquestdb.io/­docsspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.html
DeveloperSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997QuestDB Technology IncApache Software FoundationSimer Plaha
Initial release1984201420142018
Current release7.9.10.12, February 20243.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++Java (Zero-GC), C++, RustScalaScala
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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 indexesyesnonono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL with time-series extensionsSQL-like DML and DDL statementsno
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Java
Python
R
Scala
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonono
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)yes, utilizing Spark Corenone
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 methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID for single-table writesnoAtomic execution of operations
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.noyes infothrough memory mapped filesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnono
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MaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-DQuestDBSpark SQLSwayDB
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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