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DBMS > QuestDB vs. SWC-DB vs. Tigris

System Properties Comparison QuestDB vs. SWC-DB vs. Tigris

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NameQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparisonTigris  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMSA horizontally scalable, ACID transactional, document database available both as a fully managed cloud service and for deployment on self-managed infrastructure
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSWide column storeDocument store
Key-value store
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score3.12
Rank#81  Overall
#6  Time Series DBMS
Score0.01
Rank#374  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Score0.06
Rank#352  Overall
#50  Document stores
#53  Key-value stores
#23  Search engines
#35  Time Series DBMS
Websitequestdb.iogithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
www.tigrisdata.com
Technical documentationquestdb.io/­docswww.tigrisdata.com/­docs
DeveloperQuestDB Technology IncAlex KashirinTigris Data, Inc.
Initial release201420202022
Current release0.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL V3Open Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
LinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes
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 with time-series extensionsSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
CLI Client
gRPC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C++Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)ShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID for single-table writesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, using FoundationDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infothrough memory mapped filesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles

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