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DBMS > QuestDB vs. SiteWhere vs. Transwarp Hippo

System Properties Comparison QuestDB vs. SiteWhere vs. Transwarp Hippo

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NameQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp Hippo  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series dataCloud-native distributed Vector DBMS that supports storage, retrieval, and management of massive vector-based datasets
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#356  Overall
#35  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#13  Vector DBMS
Websitequestdb.iogithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewherewww.transwarp.cn/­en/­subproduct/­hippo
Technical documentationquestdb.io/­docssitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.html
DeveloperQuestDB Technology IncSiteWhere
Initial release201420102023
Current release1.0, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustJavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Data schemeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolpredefined scheme
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.nonono
Secondary indexesnonono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL with time-series extensionsnono
APIs and other access methodsHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
HTTP RESTRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C++
Java
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono
Triggersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Sharding infobased on HBaseSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID for single-table writesnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
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 controlUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptRole based access control and fine grained access rights
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QuestDBSiteWhereTranswarp 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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Recent citations in the news

QuestDB snares $12M Series A with hosted version coming soon
3 November 2021, TechCrunch

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11 January 2021, Towards Data Science

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11 November 2021, Business Insider

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3 December 2020, Developer News

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