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DBMS > QuestDB vs. SWC-DB vs. TerminusDB vs. Transwarp Hippo

System Properties Comparison QuestDB vs. SWC-DB vs. TerminusDB vs. Transwarp Hippo

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NameQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp Hippo  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMSScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationshipsCloud-native distributed Vector DBMS that supports storage, retrieval, and management of massive vector-based datasets
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSWide column storeGraph DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
RDF store
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Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#364  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Score0.23
Rank#316  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Score0.05
Rank#386  Overall
#14  Vector DBMS
Websitequestdb.iogithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
terminusdb.comwww.transwarp.cn/­en/­subproduct/­hippo
Technical documentationquestdb.io/­docsterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperQuestDB Technology IncAlex KashirinDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release2014202020182023
Current release0.5, April 202111.0.0, January 20231.0, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL V3Open Source infoGPL V3commercial
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++Prolog, RustC++
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
LinuxLinuxLinux
macOS
Data schemeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesVector, Numeric and String
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 indexesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL with time-series extensionsSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language (WOQL)no
APIs and other access methodsHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C++JavaScript
Python
C++
Java
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyesno
Triggersnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)ShardingGraph PartitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyJournaling Streams
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 integritynoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID for single-table writesACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoin-memory journalingyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infothrough memory mapped filesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlRole based access control and fine grained access rights
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QuestDBSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column DatabaseTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemistTranswarp Hippo
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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