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DBMS > 4D vs. KairosDB vs. Kdb vs. SiriDB vs. Valentina Server

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. KairosDB vs. Kdb vs. SiriDB vs. Valentina Server

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonKairosDB  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonSiriDB  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemDistributed Time Series DBMS based on Cassandra or H2High performance Time Series DBMSOpen Source Time Series DBMSObject-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.67
Rank#233  Overall
#20  Time Series DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#378  Overall
#42  Time Series DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#325  Overall
#144  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comgithub.com/­kairosdb/­kairosdbkx.comsiridb.comwww.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comkairosdb.github.iocode.kx.comdocs.siridb.comvalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
Developer4D, IncKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcCesbitParadigma Software
Initial release198420132000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320171999
Current releasev20, April 20231.2.2, November 20183.6, May 20185.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoMIT Licensecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaqC
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infoNumeric datayes
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.yesnoyesno
Secondary indexesyesnoyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92noSQL-like query language (q)noyes
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
Graphite protocol
HTTP REST
Telnet API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
HTTP APIODBC
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnouser defined functionsnoyes
Triggersyesnoyes infowith viewsnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infobased on Cassandrahorizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraSource-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupssimple password-based access controlrights management via user accountssimple rights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionKairosDBKdbSiriDBValentina Server
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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