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DBMS > MonetDB vs. QuestDB vs. Raima Database Manager vs. Tigris

System Properties Comparison MonetDB vs. QuestDB vs. Raima Database Manager vs. Tigris

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NameMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_Vista  Xexclude from comparisonTigris  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA relational database management system that stores data in columnsA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataRDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into an application or used as a database serverA horizontally scalable, ACID transactional, document database available both as a fully managed cloud service and for deployment on self-managed infrastructure
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document store
Key-value store
Search engine
Time Series 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
Score2.81
Rank#98  Overall
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score0.40
Rank#268  Overall
#125  Relational DBMS
#21  Time Series DBMS
Score0.05
Rank#359  Overall
#50  Document stores
#52  Key-value stores
#23  Search engines
#37  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.monetdb.orgquestdb.ioraima.comwww.tigrisdata.com
Technical documentationwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationquestdb.io/­docsdocs.raima.comwww.tigrisdata.com/­docs
DeveloperMonetDB BVQuestDB Technology IncRaima Inc.Tigris Data, Inc.
Initial release2004201419842022
Current releaseDec2023 (11.49), December 202315, June 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen 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 languageCJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustC
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Android
HP-UX
Integrity RTOS
iOS
Linux
OS X
QNX
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.nono infoExporting/Importing of XML structures possibleno
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsSQL with time-series extensionsyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
CLI Client
gRPC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
.Net
C
C++
Objective-C
PL/SQL
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes, in SQL, C, Rnoyes infobased on the ANSI/ISO SQL Persistent Stored Modules (PSM) specificationno
Triggersyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding via remote tableshorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)horizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusSource-replica replication with eventual consistencySource-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID for single-table writesACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes, using FoundationDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infothrough memory mapped filesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoAccess rights for users and roles
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MonetDBQuestDBRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_VistaTigris
Specific characteristicsRaima Database Manager (RDM) is an embedded time-series database optimized to run...
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Competitive advantagesDecreased time-to-market Industry-standard interfaces & tools for making your job...
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Typical application scenariosTypical use cases include: Internet of Things (IoT) Embedded In-Memory Database Time-Series...
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Key customersInfor, ABB, The Boeing Company, BAE Systems, Dow Jones, Dun & Bradstreet, Fujitsu,...
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Market metricsOver 30 000 applications developers worldwide have field-tested RDM products More...
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Licensing and pricing modelsJust as the technical aspects of Raima Database Manager are flexible, so are the...
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