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DBMS > QuestDB vs. RethinkDB vs. VictoriaMetrics

System Properties Comparison QuestDB vs. RethinkDB vs. VictoriaMetrics

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NameQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonRethinkDB  Xexclude from comparisonVictoriaMetrics  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataDBMS for the Web with a mechanism to push updated query results to applications in realtime.A fast, cost-effective and scalable Time Series DBMS and monitoring solution
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
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Score3.26
Rank#79  Overall
#6  Time Series DBMS
Score2.30
Rank#105  Overall
#19  Document stores
Score1.55
Rank#140  Overall
#12  Time Series DBMS
Websitequestdb.iorethinkdb.comvictoriametrics.com
Technical documentationquestdb.io/­docsrethinkdb.com/­docsdocs.victoriametrics.com
github.com/­VictoriaMetrics/­VictoriaMetrics/­wiki
DeveloperQuestDB Technology IncThe Linux Foundation infosince July 2017VictoriaMetrics
Initial release201420092018
Current release2.4.1, August 2020v1.91, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++Go
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
OpenBSD
Data schemeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infostring, binary, float, bool, date, geometry
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.nonono
Secondary indexesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL with time-series extensionsnono
APIs and other access methodsHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Graphite protocol
InfluxDB Line Protocol
OpenTSDB
Prometheus Query API
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
Supported programming languagesC infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C infocommunity-supported driver
C# infocommunity-supported driver
C++ infocommunity-supported driver
Clojure infocommunity-supported driver
Dart infocommunity-supported driver
Erlang infocommunity-supported driver
Go infocommunity-supported driver
Haskell infocommunity-supported driver
Java infoofficial driver
JavaScript (Node.js) infoofficial driver
Lisp infocommunity-supported driver
Lua infocommunity-supported driver
Objective-C infocommunity-supported driver
Perl infocommunity-supported driver
PHP infocommunity-supported driver
Python infoofficial driver
Ruby infoofficial driver
Scala infocommunity-supported driver
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono
TriggersnoClient-side triggers through changefeedsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Sharding inforange based
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication with eventual consistencySource-replica replicationSynchronous replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID for single-table writesAtomic single-document operationsno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMVCC basedyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infothrough memory mapped filesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infousers and table-level permissions

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