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System Properties Comparison QuestDB vs. RDF4J vs. TinkerGraph

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Name

Description

A high performance open source SQL database for time series data

RDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.

A lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API

Primary database model

Time Series DBMS

RDF store

Graph DBMS

Secondary database models

Relational DBMS

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Score	1.27
Rank	#151	Overall
	#11	Time Series DBMS

Score	0.75
Rank	#205	Overall
	#9	RDF stores

Score	0.19
Rank	#292	Overall
	#23	Graph DBMS

Website

questdb.io

rdf4j.org

tinkerpop.apache.org/docs/current/reference/#tinkergraph-gremlin

Technical documentation

questdb.io/docs/introduction

rdf4j.org/documentation

Developer

QuestDB Limited

Since 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.

Initial release

2014

2004

2009

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache 2.0

Open Source

Eclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.

Open Source

Apache 2.0

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

Java

Server operating systems

Linux
macOS
Windows

Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows

Data scheme

yes

schema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocol

yes

RDF Schemas

schema-free

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

SQL-like query language

APIs and other access methods

HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC

Java API
RIO

RDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL

Sesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL

TinkerPop 3

Supported programming languages

PostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust

over HTTP

Java
PHP
Python

Groovy
Java

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes

Triggers

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

horizontal partitioning (by timestamps)

none

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

Configurable consistency for N replicas

none

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

none

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Relationships in graphs

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID for single-table writes

ACID

Isolation support depends on the API used

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

in-memory storage is supported as well

optional

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

through memory mapped files

yes

User concepts

Access control

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Specific characteristics

Relational model with native time series support Column based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantages

Real-time data ingestion and istant SQL queries for time series High performance...
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Typical application scenarios

Application metrics Financial market data and algo trading DevOps monitoring Real-time...
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Licensing and pricing models

Apache 2.0.
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News

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20 June 2022

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7 June 2022

QuestDB 6.4 Release Highlights
31 May 2022

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26 May 2022

How to build a real-time crypto tracker with Redpanda and QuestDB
25 May 2022

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