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DBMS > Prometheus vs. QuestDB vs. SWC-DB vs. YTsaurus

System Properties Comparison Prometheus vs. QuestDB vs. SWC-DB vs. YTsaurus

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NamePrometheus  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparisonYTsaurus  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen-source Time Series DBMS and monitoring systemA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMSYTsaurus is an open source platform for distributed storage and processing.
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSWide column storeDocument store
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score7.69
Rank#50  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#364  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Score0.21
Rank#324  Overall
#45  Document stores
#48  Key-value stores
Websiteprometheus.ioquestdb.iogithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
ytsaurus.tech
Technical documentationprometheus.io/­docsquestdb.io/­docsytsaurus.tech/­docs/­en
DeveloperQuestDB Technology IncAlex KashirinYandex
Initial release2015201420202023
Current release0.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL V3Open Source infoApache License, Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageGoJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
LinuxUbuntu
Data schemeyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateNumeric data onlyyesyes
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.no infoImport of XML data possiblenonono
Secondary indexesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL with time-series extensionsSQL-like query languageYQL, an SQL-based language, is supported
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP/JSON APIHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languages.Net
C++
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Ruby
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C++C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)ShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby FederationSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID for single-table writesACID
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 filesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess Control Lists
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PrometheusQuestDBSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column DatabaseYTsaurus
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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