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DBMS > QuestDB vs. Realm vs. TimescaleDB vs. Warp 10

System Properties Comparison QuestDB vs. Realm vs. TimescaleDB vs. Warp 10

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NameQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonTimescaleDB  Xexclude from comparisonWarp 10  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataA time series DBMS optimized for fast ingest and complex queries, based on PostgreSQLTimeSeries DBMS specialized on timestamped geo data based on LevelDB or HBase
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.81
Rank#98  Overall
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score7.18
Rank#52  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score4.06
Rank#73  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#351  Overall
#35  Time Series DBMS
Websitequestdb.iorealm.iowww.timescale.comwww.warp10.io
Technical documentationquestdb.io/­docsrealm.io/­docsdocs.timescale.comwww.warp10.io/­content/­02_Getting_started
DeveloperQuestDB Technology IncRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019TimescaleSenX
Initial release2014201420172015
Current release2.15.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustCJava
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnumerics, strings, booleans, arrays, JSON blobs, geospatial dimensions, currencies, binary data, other complex data typesyes
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL with time-series extensionsnoyes infofull PostgreSQL SQL syntaxno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
HTTP API
Jupyter
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesC infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java infoJDBC
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryuser defined functions, PL/pgSQL, PL/Tcl, PL/Perl, PL/Python, PL/Java, PL/PHP, PL/R, PL/Ruby, PL/Scheme, PL/Unix shellyes infoWarpScript
Triggersnoyes infoChange Listenersyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)noneyes, across time and space (hash partitioning) attributesSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication with eventual consistencynoneSource-replica replication with hot standby and reads on replicas infoselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infobased on HBase
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID for single-table writesACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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.yes infothrough memory mapped filesyes infoIn-Memory realmnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardMandatory use of cryptographic tokens, containing fine-grained authorizations
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