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DBMS > RocksDB vs. Rockset vs. TimescaleDB vs. Trino

System Properties Comparison RocksDB vs. Rockset vs. TimescaleDB vs. Trino

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NameRocksDB  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonTimescaleDB  Xexclude from comparisonTrino  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionEmbeddable persistent key-value store optimized for fast storage (flash and RAM)A scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBA time series DBMS optimized for fast ingest and complex queries, based on PostgreSQLFast distributed SQL query engine for big data analytics. Forked from Presto and originally named PrestoSQL
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
Relational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Wide column store
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Score2.84
Rank#97  Overall
#16  Key-value stores
Score1.07
Rank#180  Overall
#31  Document stores
Score4.06
Rank#73  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score5.28
Rank#61  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Websiterocksdb.orgrockset.comwww.timescale.comtrino.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­facebook/­rocksdb/­wikidocs.rockset.comdocs.timescale.comtrino.io/­broadcast
trino.io/­docs/­current
DeveloperFacebook, Inc.RocksetTimescaleTrino Software Foundation
Initial release2013201920172012 info2020 rebranded from PrestoSQL
Current release9.4.0, June 20242.15.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSDcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageC++C++CJava
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS infofor devlopment
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenodynamic typingnumerics, strings, booleans, arrays, JSON blobs, geospatial dimensions, currencies, binary data, other complex data typesyes
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.nono infoingestion from XML files supportedyesno
Secondary indexesnoall fields are automatically indexedyesdepending on connected data-source
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsyes infofull PostgreSQL SQL syntaxyes
APIs and other access methodsC++ API
Java API
HTTP RESTADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Trino CLI
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java infoJDBC
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
R
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functions, PL/pgSQL, PL/Tcl, PL/Perl, PL/Python, PL/Java, PL/PHP, PL/R, PL/Ruby, PL/Scheme, PL/Unix shellyes, depending on connected data-source
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningAutomatic shardingyes, across time and space (hash partitioning) attributesdepending on connected data-source
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyesSource-replica replication with hot standby and reads on replicas infodepending on connected data-source
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistencydepending on connected data-source
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesnoACIDdepending on connected data-source
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesdepending on connected data-source
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consolefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardSQL standard access control
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