I'm pretty sure sqlite is capable of significantly higher throughput that 10-20k rows per second depending on the workload. Inserts can be much faster if they a

I'm pretty sure sqlite is capable of significantly higher throughput that 10-20k rows per second depending on the workload. Inserts can be much faster if they are batched in large transactions and prepared statements are used to avoid sql parsing for each row. This only works of course if your workload can be batched.