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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Graphite vs. Kdb vs. Manticore Search vs. Postgres-XL

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonPostgres-XL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryData logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperHigh performance Time Series DBMSMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.Based on PostgreSQL enhanced with MPP and write-scale-out cluster features
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Search engineRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar LibraryDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score4.57
Rank#73  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.22
Rank#312  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score0.49
Rank#256  Overall
#117  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orggithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webkx.commanticoresearch.comwww.postgres-xl.org
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlgraphite.readthedocs.iocode.kx.commanual.manticoresearch.comwww.postgres-xl.org/­documentation
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffChris DavisKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcManticore Software
Initial release201420062000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320172014 infosince 2012, originally named StormDB
Current release3.6, May 20186.0, February 202310 R1, October 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoGPL version 2Open Source infoMozilla public license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptPythonqC++C
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Unix
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesFixed schemayes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoNumeric data onlyyesInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Booleanyes
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.nonoyesCan index from XMLyes infoXML type, but no XML query functionality
Secondary indexesnonoyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noSQL-like query language (q)SQL-like query languageyes infodistributed, parallel query execution
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIHTTP API
Sockets
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Binary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Erlang
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functionsuser defined functionsuser defined functions
Triggersyesnoyes infowith viewsnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonehorizontal partitioningSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedhorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneSource-replica replicationSynchronous replication based on Galera library
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 systemnonenoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenonoyes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesACID infoMVCC
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infolockingyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnonorights management via user accountsnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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AlaSQLGraphiteKdbManticore SearchPostgres-XL
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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