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DBMS > Newts vs. Quasardb vs. QuestDB vs. Speedb vs. VictoriaMetrics

System Properties Comparison Newts vs. Quasardb vs. QuestDB vs. Speedb vs. VictoriaMetrics

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NameNewts  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSpeedb  Xexclude from comparisonVictoriaMetrics  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionTime Series DBMS based on CassandraDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataAn embeddable, high performance key-value store optimized for write-intensive workloads, which can be used as a drop-in replacement for RocksDBA fast, cost-effective and scalable Time Series DBMS and monitoring solution
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSKey-value storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#315  Overall
#45  Key-value stores
Score1.32
Rank#162  Overall
#14  Time Series DBMS
Websiteopennms.github.io/­newtsquasar.aiquestdb.iowww.speedb.iovictoriametrics.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikidoc.quasar.ai/­masterquestdb.io/­docsdocs.victoriametrics.com
github.com/­VictoriaMetrics/­VictoriaMetrics/­wiki
DeveloperOpenNMS GroupquasardbQuestDB Technology IncSpeedbVictoriaMetrics
Initial release20142009201420202018
Current release3.14.1, January 2024v1.91, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0; commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaC++Java (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++Go
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
OpenBSD
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infointeger and binaryyesno
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnoyes infowith tagsnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languageSQL with time-series extensionsnono
APIs and other access methodsHTTP REST
Java API
HTTP APIHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Graphite protocol
InfluxDB Line Protocol
OpenTSDB
Prometheus Query API
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
Supported programming languagesJava.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
C
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonononono
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infobased on CassandraSharding infoconsistent hashinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)horizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraSource-replica replication with selectable replication factorSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyyesSynchronous replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnowith Hadoop integrationnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID for single-table writesyesno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using LevelDByesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infoTransient modeyes infothrough memory mapped filesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailno
More information provided by the system vendor
NewtsQuasardbQuestDBSpeedbVictoriaMetrics
Specific characteristicsRelational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Speedb is an embedded key-value storage engine for versatile use cases. It was designed...
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Competitive advantagesHigh ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Speedb Open-source rebases on RocksDB's latest versions, with enhanced capabilities...
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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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Open source - Speedb OSS is released under an Apache license and can be found on...
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