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System Properties Comparison Newts vs. OrigoDB vs. PostGIS vs. Quasardb vs. QuestDB

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NameNewts  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionTime Series DBMS based on CassandraA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseSpatial extension of PostgreSQLDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseA high performance open source SQL database for time series data
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Spatial DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#53  Document stores
#20  Object oriented DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Websiteopennms.github.io/­newtsorigodb.compostgis.netquasar.aiquestdb.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikiorigodb.com/­docspostgis.net/­documentationdoc.quasar.ai/­masterquestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperOpenNMS GroupRobert Friberg et alquasardbQuestDB Technology Inc
Initial release20142009 infounder the name LiveDB200520092014
Current release3.4.2, February 20243.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC#CC++Java (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocol
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyesyes infointeger and binaryyes
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 infocan be achieved using .NETyesnono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes infowith tagsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesSQL-like query languageSQL with time-series extensions
APIs and other access methodsHTTP REST
Java API
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
HTTP APIHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languagesJava.Net.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesuser defined functionsnono
Triggersnoyes infoDomain Eventsyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infobased on Cassandrahorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedyes infobased on PostgreSQLSharding infoconsistent hashinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraSource-replica replicationyes infobased on PostgreSQLSource-replica replication with selectable replication factorSource-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononowith Hadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynodepending on modelyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACIDACID for single-table writes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoWrite ahead logyesyes infoby using LevelDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyes infoTransient modeyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRole based authorizationyes infobased on PostgreSQLCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail
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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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