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System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. Heroic vs. Kdb vs. mSQL vs. OpenQM

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLTime Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchHigh performance Time Series DBMSmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMS
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSMultivalue DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.20
Rank#321  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
#143  Relational DBMS
Score0.51
Rank#255  Overall
#21  Time Series DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score1.27
Rank#167  Overall
#77  Relational DBMS
Score0.27
Rank#298  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphgithub.com/­spotify/­heroickx.comhughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qm
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationspotify.github.io/­heroiccode.kx.com
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.SpotifyKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcHughes TechnologiesRocket Software, originally Martin Phillips
Initial release201620142000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200319941993
Current release2.1, December 20183.6, May 20184.4, October 20213.4-12
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCJavaqC
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeyesyesyes infowith some exceptions
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.nonoyesnoyes
Secondary indexesyesyes infovia Elasticsearchyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoSQL-like query language (q)A subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersno
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnouser defined functionsnoyes
Triggersnonoyes infowith viewsnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritanceShardinghorizontal partitioningnoneyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyesSource-replica replicationnoneyes
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
Immediate Consistency
Immediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnononoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesnoyes
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.nonoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardrights management via user accountsnoAccess rights can be defined down to the item level
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AgensGraphHeroicKdbmSQL infoMini SQLOpenQM infoalso called QM
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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