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System Properties Comparison OrientDB vs. QuestDB vs. Riak KV vs. Sadas Engine vs. Transwarp Hippo

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NameOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonRiak KV  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp Hippo  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)A high performance open source SQL database for time series dataDistributed, fault tolerant key-value storeSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environmentsCloud-native distributed Vector DBMS that supports storage, retrieval, and management of massive vector-based datasets
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Time Series DBMSKey-value store infowith links between data sets and object tags for the creation of secondary indexesRelational DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score3.25
Rank#89  Overall
#16  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#13  Key-value stores
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score4.01
Rank#79  Overall
#9  Key-value stores
Score0.07
Rank#373  Overall
#157  Relational DBMS
Score0.05
Rank#386  Overall
#14  Vector DBMS
Websiteorientdb.orgquestdb.iowww.sadasengine.comwww.transwarp.cn/­en/­subproduct/­hippo
Technical documentationwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmlquestdb.io/­docswww.tiot.jp/­riak-docs/­riak/­kv/­latestwww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentation
DeveloperOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPQuestDB Technology IncOpenSource, formerly Basho TechnologiesSADAS s.r.l.
Initial release20102014200920062023
Current release3.2.29, March 20243.2.0, December 20228.01.0, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache version 2, commercial enterprise editioncommercial infofree trial version availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustErlangC++C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
AIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Data schemeschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")yes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesVector, Numeric and String
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 indexesyesnorestrictedyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language, no joinsSQL with time-series extensionsnoyesno
APIs and other access methodsTinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
HTTP API
Native Erlang Interface
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C infounofficial client library
C#
C++ infounofficial client library
Clojure infounofficial client library
Dart infounofficial client library
Erlang
Go infounofficial client library
Groovy infounofficial client library
Haskell infounofficial client library
Java
JavaScript infounofficial client library
Lisp infounofficial client library
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala infounofficial client library
Smalltalk infounofficial client library
.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
C++
Java
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava, JavascriptnoErlangnono
TriggersHooksnoyes infopre-commit hooks and post-commit hooksnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Sharding infono "single point of failure"horizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyselectable replication factornone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infocould be achieved with distributed queriesnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes inforelationship in graphsnono infolinks between data sets can be storedyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID for single-table writesnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infothrough memory mapped filesyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'yes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurableyes, using Riak SecurityAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardRole based access control and fine grained access rights
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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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