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DBMS > QuestDB vs. searchxml vs. SQL.JS vs. TerarkDB

System Properties Comparison QuestDB vs. searchxml vs. SQL.JS vs. TerarkDB

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NameQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application serverPort of SQLite to JavaScriptA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDB
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSNative XML DBMS
Search engine
Relational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.81
Rank#98  Overall
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#24  Search engines
Score0.53
Rank#246  Overall
#115  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Websitequestdb.iowww.searchxml.net/­category/­productssql.js.orggithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationquestdb.io/­docswww.searchxml.net/­support/­handoutssql.js.org/­documentation/­index.htmlbytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
DeveloperQuestDB Technology Incinformationpartners gmbhAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release2014201520122016
Current release1.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Sourcecommercial inforestricted open source version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++JavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
Windowsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL with time-series extensionsnoyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
RESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
JavaScript APIC++ API
Java API
Supported programming languagesC infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIsJavaScriptC++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoon the application servernono
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)nonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyyes infosychronisation to multiple collectionsnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID for single-table writesmultiple readers, single writerACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infothrough memory mapped filesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application servicesnono
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