QuestDB
High-performance open source time series database
About QuestDB
QuestDB is an open source time series database written for fast ingestion and SQL queries, widely used for financial market data and observability. It offers an enterprise edition and a managed cloud service. It supports common ingestion protocols and SQL extensions for time-based queries.
Common use cases
- Market data analytics
- Observability metrics
- IoT telemetry
- Trading analytics
Products and services
QuestDB open source
Time series database engine.
QuestDB Enterprise
Commercial edition with security and replication features.
QuestDB Cloud
Managed service.
Key features
- Fast ingestion
- Time-based SQL
- Columnar storage
- InfluxDB line protocol
- PostgreSQL wire support
- Parquet interoperability
Integrations
- Grafana
- Kafka
- Telegraf
- PostgreSQL clients
- Pandas
- Parquet
QuestDB alternatives
- INInfluxDB
- T(TimescaleDB (TigerData)
- KDkdb+
ClickHouseColumn-oriented analytics database with open source and managed cloud editions
FAQs
Is it open source?
Yes, with an enterprise edition.
Which protocols does it accept?
InfluxDB line protocol, PostgreSQL wire protocol and HTTP, among others.
What is it used for?
Time series workloads such as market data and metrics.
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