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DBMS > MonetDB vs. QuestDB vs. RisingWave vs. Sequoiadb

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

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NameMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonRisingWave  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA relational database management system that stores data in columnsA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataA distributed RDBMS for stream processing, wire-compatible with PostgreSQLNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score1.72
Rank#135  Overall
#62  Relational DBMS
Score2.81
Rank#98  Overall
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score0.61
Rank#237  Overall
#111  Relational DBMS
Score0.42
Rank#263  Overall
#41  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.monetdb.orgquestdb.iowww.risingwave.com/­databasewww.sequoiadb.com
Technical documentationwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationquestdb.io/­docsdocs.risingwave.com/­docs/­current/­introwww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=index
DeveloperMonetDB BVQuestDB Technology IncRisingWave LabsSequoiadb Ltd.
Initial release2004201420222013
Current releaseDec2023 (11.49), December 20231.2, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2
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++, RustRustC++
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
Linux
Data schemeyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesStandard SQL-types and JSONyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regex
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 indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsSQL with time-series extensionsyesSQL-like query language
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
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
proprietary protocol using JSON
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
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes, in SQL, C, RnoUDFs in Python or JavaJavaScript
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding via remote tableshorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusSource-replica replication with eventual consistencySource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID for single-table writesnoDocument is locked during a transaction
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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 infothrough memory mapped filesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers and Rolessimple password-based access control
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