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System Properties Comparison Memcached vs. Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB vs. QuestDB vs. Sequoiadb vs. TinkerGraph

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NameMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Cosmos DB infoformer name was Azure DocumentDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingGlobally distributed, horizontally scalable, multi-model database serviceA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQLA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Wide column store
Time Series DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
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Trend Chart
Score19.42
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score29.04
Rank#27  Overall
#4  Document stores
#2  Graph DBMS
#3  Key-value stores
#3  Wide column stores
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Score0.45
Rank#261  Overall
#41  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#348  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.memcached.orgazure.microsoft.com/­services/­cosmos-dbquestdb.iowww.sequoiadb.comtinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikilearn.microsoft.com/­azure/­cosmos-dbquestdb.io/­docswww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=index
DeveloperDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalMicrosoftQuestDB Technology IncSequoiadb Ltd.
Initial release20032014201420132009
Current release1.6.27, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licensecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageCJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++Java
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
hostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes infoJSON typesyesyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regexyes
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 indexesnoyes infoAll properties auto-indexed by defaultnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languageSQL with time-series extensionsSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocolDocumentDB API
Graph API (Gremlin)
MongoDB API
RESTful HTTP API
Table API
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
proprietary protocol using JSONTinkerPop 3
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
MongoDB client drivers written for various programming languages
Python
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJavaScriptnoJavaScriptno
TriggersnoJavaScriptnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicehorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallityyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSource-replica replication with eventual consistencySource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnowith Hadoop integration infoIntegration with Hadoop/HDInsight on Azure*nonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemBounded Staleness
Consistent Prefix
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable on request level
Session Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoMulti-item ACID transactions with snapshot isolation within a partitionACID for single-table writesDocument is locked during a transactionno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentnoyesyesyesoptional
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infothrough memory mapped filesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelsimple password-based access controlno
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MemcachedMicrosoft Azure Cosmos DB infoformer name was Azure DocumentDBQuestDBSequoiadbTinkerGraph
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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