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System Properties Comparison QuestDB vs. Sphinx vs. SQL.JS vs. TiDB vs. WakandaDB

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NameQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonTiDB  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databasesPort of SQLite to JavaScriptTiDB is an open source distributed SQL database that supports Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing (HTAP) workloads. It is MySQL compatible and features horizontal scalability, strong consistency, and high availability.WakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSSearch engineRelational DBMSRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Score5.98
Rank#56  Overall
#5  Search engines
Score0.53
Rank#252  Overall
#116  Relational DBMS
Score4.66
Rank#70  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#364  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Websitequestdb.iosphinxsearch.comsql.js.orgpingcap.comwakanda.github.io
Technical documentationquestdb.io/­docssphinxsearch.com/­docssql.js.org/­documentation/­index.htmldocs.pingcap.com/­tidb/­stablewakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperQuestDB Technology IncSphinx Technologies Inc.Alon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersPingCAP, Inc.Wakanda SAS
Initial release20142001201220162012
Current release3.5.1, February 20238.0.0, March 20242.7.0 (April 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence availableOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++JavaScriptGo, RustC++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnoyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL with time-series extensionsSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)yes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedyesno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Proprietary protocolJavaScript APIGORM
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
SQLAlchemy
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
JavaScriptAda
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonononoyes
Triggersnonononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Sharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportednonehorizontal partitioning (by key range)none
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication with eventual consistencynonenoneUsing Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes infowith TiSpark Connectorno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes infofull support since version 6.6
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID for single-table writesnoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.no infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infothrough memory mapped filesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoFine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes
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QuestDBSphinxSQL.JSTiDBWakandaDB
Specific characteristicsRelational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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TiDB is an advanced open-source, distributed SQL database for modern application...
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Competitive advantagesHigh ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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- HORIZONTAL SCALING : TiDB grants total transparency into your data workloads without...
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Typical application scenariosFinancial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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TiDB is ideal for transactional applications that require extreme scalability and...
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Key customersBanks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Block, Pinterest, Catalyst, Bolt, Flipkart, Capcom, Shopee (E-commerce), JD Cloud...
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Market metrics34K+ GitHub stars 5K+ members in TiDB Community Slack 1K+ community contributors...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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TiDB Community : Free open source software (Apache 2.0) TiDB Self-Hosted : Enterprise...
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