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DBMS > MonetDB vs. NuoDB vs. QuestDB vs. RisingWave

System Properties Comparison MonetDB vs. NuoDB vs. QuestDB vs. RisingWave

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NameMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonRisingWave  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA relational database management system that stores data in columnsNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataA distributed RDBMS for stream processing, wire-compatible with PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.72
Rank#135  Overall
#62  Relational DBMS
Score0.87
Rank#201  Overall
#94  Relational DBMS
Score2.81
Rank#98  Overall
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score0.61
Rank#237  Overall
#111  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.monetdb.orgwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasequestdb.iowww.risingwave.com/­database
Technical documentationwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationdoc.nuodb.comquestdb.io/­docsdocs.risingwave.com/­docs/­current/­intro
DeveloperMonetDB BVDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.QuestDB Technology IncRisingWave Labs
Initial release2004201320142022
Current releaseDec2023 (11.49), December 20231.2, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0commercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageCC++Java (Zero-GC), C++, RustRust
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
Data schemeyesyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesStandard SQL-types and JSON
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 indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsyesSQL with time-series extensionsyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes, in SQL, C, RJava, SQLnoUDFs in Python or Java
Triggersyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding via remote tablesdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenhorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBSource-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infotunable commit protocolACID for single-table writesno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMVCCyes
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.yes infoTemporary tableyes infothrough memory mapped filesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative UsersUsers and Roles
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