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DBMS > PostGIS vs. QuestDB vs. TempoIQ vs. Yaacomo

System Properties Comparison PostGIS vs. QuestDB vs. TempoIQ vs. Yaacomo

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NamePostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonTempoIQ infoformerly TempoDB  Xexclude from comparisonYaacomo  Xexclude from comparison
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DescriptionSpatial extension of PostgreSQLA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataScalable analytics DBMS for sensor data, provided as a service (SaaS)OpenCL based in-memory RDBMS, designed for efficiently utilizing the hardware via parallel computing
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Websitepostgis.netquestdb.iotempoiq.com (offline)yaacomo.com
Technical documentationpostgis.net/­documentationquestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperQuestDB Technology IncTempoIQQ2WEB GmbH
Initial release2005201420122009
Current release3.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageCJava (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
Android
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolschema-freeyes
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL with time-series extensionsnoyes
APIs and other access methodsHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C#
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnono
Triggersyesnoyes infoRealtime Alertsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infobased on PostgreSQLhorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)horizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infobased on PostgreSQLSource-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 ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID for single-table writesnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.noyes infothrough memory mapped filesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infobased on PostgreSQLsimple authentication-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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PostGISQuestDBTempoIQ infoformerly TempoDBYaacomo
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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