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DBMS > QuestDB vs. RisingWave vs. SurrealDB

System Properties Comparison QuestDB vs. RisingWave vs. SurrealDB

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NameQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonRisingWave  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataA distributed RDBMS for stream processing, wire-compatible with PostgreSQLA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score3.26
Rank#79  Overall
#6  Time Series DBMS
Score0.75
Rank#214  Overall
#101  Relational DBMS
Score1.08
Rank#176  Overall
#30  Document stores
#16  Graph DBMS
Websitequestdb.iowww.risingwave.com/­databasesurrealdb.com
Technical documentationquestdb.io/­docsdocs.risingwave.com/­docs/­current/­introsurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperQuestDB Technology IncRisingWave LabsSurrealDB Ltd
Initial release201420222022
Current release1.2, September 2023v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source
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++, RustRustRust
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesStandard SQL-types and JSONyes
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.nono
Secondary indexesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL with time-series extensionsyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesC infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoUDFs in Python or Java
Triggersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID for single-table writesnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
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 filesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and Rolesyes, based on authentication and database rules

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