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DBMS > Quasardb vs. QuestDB vs. Teradata Aster vs. Transwarp ArgoDB

System Properties Comparison Quasardb vs. QuestDB vs. Teradata Aster vs. Transwarp ArgoDB

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NameQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonTeradata Aster  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp ArgoDB  Xexclude from comparison
Teradata Aster has been integrated into other Teradata systems and therefore will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataPlatform for big data analytics on multistructured data sources and typesDistributed Analytical Database to replace Hadoop+MPP hybrid architecture
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSSearch engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.13
Rank#332  Overall
#28  Time Series DBMS
Score2.81
Rank#98  Overall
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#361  Overall
#153  Relational DBMS
Websitequasar.aiquestdb.iowww.transwarp.cn/­en/­product/­argodb
Technical documentationdoc.quasar.ai/­masterquestdb.io/­docsdocs.transwarp.cn/­#/­documents-support/­docs?category=ARGODB
DeveloperquasardbQuestDB Technology IncTeradataTranswarp
Initial release200920142005
Current release3.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++Java (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line ProtocolFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free) infodefined schema within the relational store; partial schema or schema free in the Aster File Storeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infointeger and binaryyesyesyes
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.nonoyes infoin Aster File Store
Secondary indexesyes infowith tagsnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageSQL with time-series extensionsyesyes
APIs and other access methodsHTTP APIHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
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
C#
C++
Java
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoR packages
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoconsistent hashinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication with selectable replication factorSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyyes infoDimension tables are replicated across all nodes in the cluster. The number of replicas for the file store can be configured.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodswith Hadoop integrationnoyes infoSQL Map-Reduce Framework
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID for single-table writesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using LevelDByesyesyes
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 filesno
User concepts infoAccess controlCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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