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DBMS > MonetDB vs. OrigoDB vs. PostGIS vs. QuestDB

System Properties Comparison MonetDB vs. OrigoDB vs. PostGIS vs. QuestDB

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NameMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA relational database management system that stores data in columnsA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseSpatial extension of PostgreSQLA high performance open source SQL database for time series data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Spatial DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.72
Rank#135  Overall
#62  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#54  Document stores
#21  Object oriented DBMS
Score20.16
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score2.81
Rank#98  Overall
#7  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.monetdb.orgorigodb.compostgis.netquestdb.io
Technical documentationwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationorigodb.com/­docspostgis.net/­documentationquestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperMonetDB BVRobert Friberg et alQuestDB Technology Inc
Initial release20042009 infounder the name LiveDB20052014
Current releaseDec2023 (11.49), December 20233.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCC#CJava (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocol
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyesyes
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.no infocan be achieved using .NETyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsnoyesSQL with time-series extensions
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.NetC infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes, in SQL, C, Ryesuser defined functionsno
Triggersyesyes infoDomain Eventsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding via remote tableshorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedyes infobased on PostgreSQLhorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusSource-replica replicationyes infobased on PostgreSQLSource-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 integrityyesdepending on modelyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACID for single-table writes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoWrite ahead logyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole based authorizationyes infobased on PostgreSQL
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