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DBMS > QuestDB vs. RDF4J vs. Sequoiadb vs. TerminusDB vs. TinkerGraph

System Properties Comparison QuestDB vs. RDF4J vs. Sequoiadb vs. TerminusDB vs. TinkerGraph

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NameQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataRDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.NewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQLScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationshipsA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRDF storeDocument store
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
RDF store
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Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Score0.69
Rank#230  Overall
#9  RDF stores
Score0.45
Rank#261  Overall
#41  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#325  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#348  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websitequestdb.iordf4j.orgwww.sequoiadb.comterminusdb.comtinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationquestdb.io/­docsrdf4j.org/­documentationwww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=indexterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperQuestDB Technology IncSince 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.Sequoiadb Ltd.DataChemist Ltd.
Initial release20142004201320182009
Current release11.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoEclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.Open Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2Open Source infoGPL V3Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustJavaC++Prolog, RustJava
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
LinuxLinux
Data schemeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyes infoRDF Schemasschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regexyesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL with time-series extensionsnoSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language (WOQL)no
APIs and other access methodsHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Java API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL infoSesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL
proprietary protocol using JSONOWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesC infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Java
PHP
Python
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
JavaScript
Python
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesJavaScriptyesno
Triggersnoyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)noneShardingGraph Partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication with eventual consistencynoneSource-replica replicationJournaling Streamsnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID for single-table writesACID infoIsolation support depends on the API usedDocument is locked during a transactionACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoin-memory storage is supported as wellyesyes infoin-memory journalingoptional
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infothrough memory mapped filesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnosimple password-based access controlRole-based access controlno
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QuestDBRDF4J infoformerly known as SesameSequoiadbTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemistTinkerGraph
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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