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System Properties Comparison PostgreSQL vs. Qdrant vs. Raima Database Manager vs. TDengine

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NamePostgreSQL  Xexclude from comparisonQdrant  Xexclude from comparisonRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_Vista  Xexclude from comparisonTDengine  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWidely used open source RDBMS infoDeveloped as objectoriented DBMS (Postgres), gradually enhanced with 'standards' like SQLA high-performance vector database with neural network or semantic-based matchingRDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into an application or used as a database serverTime Series DBMS and big data platform
Primary database modelRelational DBMS infowith object oriented extensions, e.g.: user defined types/functions and inheritance. Handling of key/value pairs with hstore module.Vector DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS infowith Apache Age
Spatial DBMS
Vector DBMS infowith pgvector extension
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score636.25
Rank#4  Overall
#4  Relational DBMS
Score1.28
Rank#167  Overall
#6  Vector DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#259  Overall
#121  Relational DBMS
#21  Time Series DBMS
Score2.68
Rank#106  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.postgresql.orggithub.com/­qdrant/­qdrant
qdrant.tech
raima.comgithub.com/­taosdata/­TDengine
tdengine.com
Technical documentationwww.postgresql.org/­docsqdrant.tech/­documentationdocs.raima.comdocs.tdengine.com
DeveloperPostgreSQL Global Development Group infowww.postgresql.org/­developerQdrantRaima Inc.TDEngine, previously Taos Data
Initial release1989 info1989: Postgres, 1996: PostgreSQL202119842019
Current release16.3, May 202415, June 20213.0, August 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSDOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoAGPL V3, also commercial editions available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCRustCC
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
NetBSD
OpenBSD
OS X
Solaris
Unix
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
Windows
Android
HP-UX
Integrity RTOS
iOS
Linux
OS X
QNX
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumbers, Strings, Geo, Booleanyesyes
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.yes infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.nono infoExporting/Importing of XML structures possibleno
Secondary indexesyesyes infoKeywords, numberic ranges, geo, full-textyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infostandard with numerous extensionsnoyesStandard SQL with extensions for time-series applications
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
gRPC
OpenAPI 3.0
RESTful HTTP/JSON API infoOpenAPI 3.0
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java infoJDBC
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
.Net
C
C++
Objective-C
PL/SQL
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.yes infobased on the ANSI/ISO SQL Persistent Stored Modules (PSM) specificationno
Triggersyesyesyes, via alarm monitoring
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodespartitioning by range, list and (since PostgreSQL 11) by hashShardinghorizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication infoother methods possible by using 3rd party extensionsCollection-level replicationSource-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency, tunable consistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
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.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardKey-based authenticationnoyes
More information provided by the system vendor
PostgreSQLQdrantRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_VistaTDengine
Specific characteristicsRaima Database Manager (RDM) is an embedded time-series database optimized to run...
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TDengine™ is a next generation data historian purpose-built for Industry 4.0 and...
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Competitive advantagesDecreased time-to-market Industry-standard interfaces & tools for making your job...
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High Performance at any Scale: TDengine is purpose-built for handling massive industrial...
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Typical application scenariosTypical use cases include: Internet of Things (IoT) Embedded In-Memory Database Time-Series...
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TDengine is designed for Industrial IoT scenarios, including: Manufacturing Connected...
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Key customersInfor, ABB, The Boeing Company, BAE Systems, Dow Jones, Dun & Bradstreet, Fujitsu,...
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Market metricsOver 30 000 applications developers worldwide have field-tested RDM products More...
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TDengine has garnered over 22,500 stars on GitHub and is used in over 50 countries...
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Licensing and pricing modelsJust as the technical aspects of Raima Database Manager are flexible, so are the...
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TDengine OSS is an open source, cloud native time series database. It includes built-in...
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