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DBMS > Rockset vs. SQL.JS vs. TimescaleDB vs. Typesense

System Properties Comparison Rockset vs. SQL.JS vs. TimescaleDB vs. Typesense

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NameRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonTimescaleDB  Xexclude from comparisonTypesense  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBPort of SQLite to JavaScriptA time series DBMS optimized for fast ingest and complex queries, based on PostgreSQLA typo-tolerant, in-memory search engine optimized for instant search-as-you-type experiences and developer productivity
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.63
Rank#241  Overall
#112  Relational DBMS
Score4.46
Rank#71  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score0.76
Rank#219  Overall
#14  Search engines
Websiterockset.comsql.js.orgwww.timescale.comtypesense.org
Technical documentationdocs.rockset.comsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.htmldocs.timescale.comtypesense.org/­docs
DeveloperRocksetAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersTimescale
Initial release2019201220172015
Current release2.15.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageC++JavaScriptCC++
Server operating systemshostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-free infopre-defined schema optional
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datedynamic typingyesnumerics, 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.no infoingestion from XML files supportednoyes
Secondary indexesall fields are automatically indexedyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedyes infofull PostgreSQL SQL syntaxno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP RESTJavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java infoJDBC
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
.Net infocommunity maintained
Clojure infocommunity maintained
Dart infocommunity maintained
Go infocommunity maintained
Java infocommunity maintained
JavaScript
Perl infocommunity maintained
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust infocommunity maintained
Swift infocommunity maintained
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 shellno
Triggersnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesAutomatic shardingnoneyes, across time and space (hash partitioning) attributes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesnoneSource-replica replication with hot standby and reads on replicas infoMulti-source replication using RAFT
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consolenofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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