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DBMS > Quasardb vs. QuestDB vs. SWC-DB vs. TimescaleDB vs. VictoriaMetrics

System Properties Comparison Quasardb vs. QuestDB vs. SWC-DB vs. TimescaleDB vs. VictoriaMetrics

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NameQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparisonTimescaleDB  Xexclude from comparisonVictoriaMetrics  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMSA time series DBMS optimized for fast ingest and complex queries, based on PostgreSQLA fast, cost-effective and scalable Time Series DBMS and monitoring solution
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSWide column storeTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.13
Rank#332  Overall
#28  Time Series DBMS
Score2.81
Rank#98  Overall
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score0.01
Rank#378  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Score4.06
Rank#73  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score1.23
Rank#165  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Websitequasar.aiquestdb.iogithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
www.timescale.comvictoriametrics.com
Technical documentationdoc.quasar.ai/­masterquestdb.io/­docsdocs.timescale.comdocs.victoriametrics.com
github.com/­VictoriaMetrics/­VictoriaMetrics/­wiki
DeveloperquasardbQuestDB Technology IncAlex KashirinTimescaleVictoriaMetrics
Initial release20092014202020172018
Current release3.14.1, January 20240.5, April 20212.15.0, May 2024v1.91, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL V3Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++Java (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++CGo
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
OpenBSD
Data schemeschema-freeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infointeger and binaryyesnumerics, strings, booleans, arrays, JSON blobs, geospatial dimensions, currencies, binary data, other complex data types
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.nononoyesno
Secondary indexesyes infowith tagsnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageSQL with time-series extensionsSQL-like query languageyes infofull PostgreSQL SQL syntaxno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP APIHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Graphite protocol
InfluxDB Line Protocol
OpenTSDB
Prometheus Query API
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C++.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java infoJDBC
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononouser defined functions, PL/pgSQL, PL/Tcl, PL/Perl, PL/Python, PL/Java, PL/PHP, PL/R, PL/Ruby, PL/Scheme, PL/Unix shellno
Triggersnononoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoconsistent hashinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Shardingyes, across time and space (hash partitioning) attributes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication with selectable replication factorSource-replica replication with eventual consistencySource-replica replication with hot standby and reads on replicas infoSynchronous replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodswith Hadoop integrationnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID for single-table writesACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using LevelDByesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoTransient modeyes infothrough memory mapped filesnonono
User concepts infoAccess controlCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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