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System Properties Comparison QuestDB vs. Sadas Engine vs. searchxml vs. VictoriaMetrics vs. VoltDB

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NameQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparisonVictoriaMetrics  Xexclude from comparisonVoltDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environmentsDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application serverA fast, cost-effective and scalable Time Series DBMS and monitoring solutionDistributed In-Memory NewSQL RDBMS infoUsed for OLTP applications with a high frequency of relatively simple transactions, that can hold all their data in memory
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSNative XML DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#373  Overall
#157  Relational DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#390  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#24  Search engines
Score1.23
Rank#172  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Score1.47
Rank#157  Overall
#73  Relational DBMS
Websitequestdb.iowww.sadasengine.comwww.searchxml.net/­category/­productsvictoriametrics.comwww.voltdb.com
Technical documentationquestdb.io/­docswww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentationwww.searchxml.net/­support/­handoutsdocs.victoriametrics.com
github.com/­VictoriaMetrics/­VictoriaMetrics/­wiki
docs.voltdb.com
DeveloperQuestDB Technology IncSADAS s.r.l.informationpartners gmbhVictoriaMetricsVoltDB Inc.
Initial release20142006201520182010
Current release8.01.0v1.91, May 202311.3, April 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree trial version availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoAGPL for Community Edition, commercial license for Enterprise, AWS, and Pro Editions
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++C++GoJava, C++
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
WindowsFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
OpenBSD
Linux
OS X infofor development
Data schemeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL with time-series extensionsyesnonoyes infoonly a subset of SQL 99
APIs and other access methodsHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
Graphite protocol
InfluxDB Line Protocol
OpenTSDB
Prometheus Query API
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
Java API
JDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIsC#
C++
Erlang infonot officially supported
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyes infoon the application servernoJava
Triggersnonononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)horizontal partitioningnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication with eventual consistencynoneyes infosychronisation to multiple collectionsSynchronous replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonono infoFOREIGN KEY constraints are not supported
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID for single-table writesmultiple readers, single writernoACID infoTransactions are executed single-threaded within stored procedures
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes infoData access is serialized by the server
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoSnapshots and command logging
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infothrough memory mapped filesyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'nono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application servicesUsers and roles with access to stored procedures
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QuestDBSadas EnginesearchxmlVictoriaMetricsVoltDB
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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