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DBMS > QuestDB vs. Sadas Engine vs. SAP Advantage Database Server vs. Spark SQL vs. SpatiaLite

System Properties Comparison QuestDB vs. Sadas Engine vs. SAP Advantage Database Server vs. Spark SQL vs. SpatiaLite

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NameQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADS  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparison
SAP Advantage Database Server seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environmentsLow-cost RDBMS with access to ISAM and FoxPro data structuresSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingSpatial extension of SQLite
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#373  Overall
#157  Relational DBMS
Score18.04
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Score1.63
Rank#146  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Websitequestdb.iowww.sadasengine.comwww.sap.com/products/advantage-database-server.htmlspark.apache.org/­sqlwww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­index
Technical documentationquestdb.io/­docswww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentationspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.htmlwww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.html
DeveloperQuestDB Technology IncSADAS s.r.l.Sybase, SAPApache Software FoundationAlessandro Furieri
Initial release20142006199320142008
Current release8.03.5.0 ( 2.13), September 20235.0.0, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree trial version availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++ScalaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-less
Data schemeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL with time-series extensionsyesyesSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyes
APIs and other access methodsHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
.NET Client API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Delphi
Perl
PHP
Java
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyesnono
Triggersnonoyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)horizontal partitioningnoneyes, utilizing Spark Corenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication with eventual consistencynoneMulti-source replication infoCONFLICT Trigger to resolve replication conflicts
Source-replica replication
nonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID for single-table writesACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infothrough memory mapped filesyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'no infocaching of (temporary) tables can be configurednoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnono
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QuestDBSadas EngineSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADSSpark SQLSpatiaLite
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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