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QuestDB is an Apache 2.0 open source columnar database that specializes in time
series. It offers category-leading ingestion throughput and fast SQL queries
with operational simplicity. QuestDB reduces operational costs and overcomes
ingestion bottlenecks, offering greatly simplified overall ingress infrastructure.
series.

It offers **category-leading ingestion throughput** and **fast SQL queries**
with operational simplicity.

Given its effiency, QuestDB **reduces operational costs**, all while overcoming
ingestion bottlenecks.

As a result, QuestDB offers greatly simplified overall ingress infrastructure.

This introduction provides a brief overview on:

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#### Hardware efficiency

Strong, cost-saving performance on very mninimal hardware,
including sensors and Raspberry Pi.
Strong, cost-saving performance on very mninimal hardware, including sensors and
Raspberry Pi.

#### Time series SQL extensions

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## Benefits of QuestDB {#benefits}

Time series data is seen increasingly in use cases across finance, internet of
things, e-commerce, security, blockchain, and many emerging industries. As more
and more time bound data is generated by an increasing number of clients, having
high performance storage at the receiving end of your servers, devices or queues
prevents ingestion bottlenecks, simplifies code and reduces costly
infrastructure sprawl.
Time series data is seen increasingly in use cases across:

- finance
- internet of things (IoT)
- e-commerce
- security
- blockchain
- many other emerging technical industries

As more time bound data is generated, high performance data reception is
essential to avoid ingestion bottlenecks.

The right data store greatly simplifies code costly infrastructure sprawl and
spend.

But to be _the right one_, the storage engine must be both high performance and
efficient:

<Screenshot
alt="A chart showing high-cardinality ingestion performance of InfluxDB, TimescaleDB, and QuestDB"
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title="Benchmark results for QuestDB 7.3.10, InfluxDB 2.7.4 and Timescale 2.14.2"
/>

With a specialized [time-series database](/glossary/time-series-database/), you
don't need to worry about out-of-order data, duplicates, exactly one semantics,
frequency of ingestion, or the many other details you will find in real-time
streaming scenarios. It's simplified, hyper-fast data ingestion with tremendous
efficiency and value.
Beyond performance and efficiency, with a specialized
[time-series database](/glossary/time-series-database/), you don't need to worry
about:

- out-of-order data
- duplicates
- exactly one semantics
- frequency of ingestion
- many other details you will find in demanding real-world scenarios

QuestDB provides simplified, hyper-fast data ingestion with tremendous
efficiency and therefore value.

Writing blazing-fast queries syntax and creating real-time
[Grafana](/docs/third-party-tools/grafana/) is done via familiar SQL:
Write blazing-fast queries and create real-time
[Grafana](/docs/third-party-tools/grafana/) via familiar SQL:

```questdb-sql title='Navigate time with SQL' demo
SELECT
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Intrigued? The best way to see whether QuestDB is right for you is to try it
out.

Click _Demo this query_ in the snippet above to visit our demo instance and
experiment.

To bring your own data and learn more, keep reading!

## QuestDB Enterprise

QuestDB Enterprise offers everything from open source, plus additional features
for running QuestDB at larger scale or greater significance. Features within
Enterprise include high availability, role based access control, TLS on all
protocols, data compression, cold storage and priority support.

Typically, when growing to multiple instances or to mission critical
deployments, Enterprise provides an additional layer of official operational
tooling with the added benefit of world-class QuestDB support. Enterprise
increases the reliability of the already solid open source deployments, while
providing better value for compute spend vs. existing engines and methods.
for running QuestDB at greater scale or significance.

For a breakdown of Enterprise features, see the
[QuestDB Enterprise](/enterprise/) page.
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