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DBMS > RocksDB vs. SQLite vs. StarRocks vs. VictoriaMetrics

System Properties Comparison RocksDB vs. SQLite vs. StarRocks vs. VictoriaMetrics

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NameRocksDB  Xexclude from comparisonSQLite  Xexclude from comparisonStarRocks  Xexclude from comparisonVictoriaMetrics  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionEmbeddable persistent key-value store optimized for fast storage (flash and RAM)Widely used embeddable, in-process RDBMSAn open source, high-performance columnar analytical database that enables real-time, multi-dimensional, and highly concurrent data analytics infoForked from Apache DorisA fast, cost-effective and scalable Time Series DBMS and monitoring solution
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.84
Rank#97  Overall
#16  Key-value stores
Score103.35
Rank#10  Overall
#7  Relational DBMS
Score0.95
Rank#193  Overall
#89  Relational DBMS
Score1.23
Rank#165  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Websiterocksdb.orgwww.sqlite.orgwww.starrocks.iovictoriametrics.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­facebook/­rocksdb/­wikiwww.sqlite.org/­docs.htmldocs.starrocks.io/­en-us/­latest/­introduction/­StarRocks_introdocs.victoriametrics.com
github.com/­VictoriaMetrics/­VictoriaMetrics/­wiki
DeveloperFacebook, Inc.Dwayne Richard HippThe Linux Foundation infosince Feb 2023VictoriaMetrics
Initial release2013200020202018
Current release9.4.0, June 20243.46.1  (13 August 2024), August 20243.3, June 2024v1.91, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSDOpen Source infoPublic DomainOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++CC++, JavaGo
Server operating systemsLinuxserver-lessLinuxFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
OpenBSD
Data schemeschema-freeyes infodynamic column typesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes infonot rigid because of 'dynamic typing' concept.yes
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 indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedyesno
APIs and other access methodsC++ API
Java API
ADO.NET infoinofficial driver
JDBC infoinofficial driver
ODBC infoinofficial driver
JDBC
MySQL protocol
Graphite protocol
InfluxDB Line Protocol
OpenTSDB
Prometheus Query API
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby
Actionscript
Ada
Basic
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Forth
Fortran
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
PL/SQL
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Scheme
Smalltalk
Tcl
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functionsno
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningnonehorizontal partitioning (by range and hash)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesnoneSynchronous replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infovia file-system locksyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoRole based access control and fine grained access rights

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