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System Properties Comparison QuestDB vs. SQL.JS vs. Tarantool

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NameQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonTarantool  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataPort of SQLite to JavaScriptIn-memory computing platform with a flexible data schema for efficiently building high-performance applications
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Spatial DBMS infowith Tarantool/GIS extension
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.49
Rank#135  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score1.62
Rank#178  Overall
#87  Relational DBMS
Score2.01
Rank#155  Overall
#27  Key-value stores
Websitequestdb.iosql.js.orgwww.tarantool.io
Technical documentationquestdb.io/­docs/­introductionsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.htmlwww.tarantool.io/­en/­doc
DeveloperQuestDB LimitedAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersVK
Initial release201420122008
Current release2.10.0, May 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaJavaScriptC and C++
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)BSD
Linux
macOS
Data schemeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyesschema-free, schema definition possible
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesstring, double, decimal, uuid, integer, blob, boolean
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-like query languageyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedFull-featured ANSI SQL support
APIs and other access methodsHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
JavaScript APIOpen binary protocol
Supported programming languagesC infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
JavaScriptC
C#
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoLua, C and SQL stored procedures
Triggersnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)noneHash sharding based on virtual buckets
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesConfigurable consistency for N replicasnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes, with SQL
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID for single-table writesACIDACID, read commited
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, cooperative multitasking
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyes, regular snapshots on disk, write ahead logging
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infothrough memory mapped filesyesyes, full featured in-memory storage engine with persistence
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users and roles
More information provided by the system vendor
QuestDBSQL.JSTarantool
Specific characteristicsRelational model with native time series support Column based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesReal-time data ingestion and istant SQL queries for time series High performance...
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Typical application scenariosApplication metrics Financial market data and algo trading DevOps monitoring Real-time...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache 2.0.
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News

Getting Started with QuestDB Cloud
1 June 2023

Exploring Financial Tick Data with Jupyter Notebook and Pandas
22 May 2023

Time-Series Data Visualization with Apache Superset and QuestDB
19 May 2023

Optimizing the Optimizer: the Time-Series Benchmark Suite
18 May 2023

QuestDB 7.1.2 Release
16 May 2023

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