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System Properties Comparison PouchDB vs. QuestDB vs. Rockset vs. Spark SQL

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NamePouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processing
Primary database modelDocument storeTime Series DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score2.34
Rank#112  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score18.04
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Websitepouchdb.comquestdb.iorockset.comspark.apache.org/­sql
Technical documentationpouchdb.com/­guidesquestdb.io/­docsdocs.rockset.comspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.html
DeveloperApache Software FoundationQuestDB Technology IncRocksetApache Software Foundation
Initial release2012201420192014
Current release7.1.1, June 20193.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaScriptJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++Scala
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
macOS
Windows
hostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesdynamic typingyes
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.nonono infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesyes infovia viewsnoall fields are automatically indexedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL with time-series extensionsRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsSQL-like DML and DDL statements
APIs and other access methodsHTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
HTTP RESTJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Java
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresView functions in JavaScriptnonono
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungehorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Automatic shardingyes, utilizing Spark Core
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication with eventual consistencyyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID for single-table writesnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infothrough memory mapped filesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleno
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PouchDBQuestDBRocksetSpark SQL
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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