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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Kdb vs. OrigoDB vs. SWC-DB vs. Transbase

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparisonTransbase  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryHigh performance Time Series DBMSA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMSA resource-optimized, high-performance, universally applicable RDBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document store
Object oriented DBMS
Wide column storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score0.49
Rank#259  Overall
#40  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Score7.70
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#378  Overall
#51  Document stores
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.01
Rank#387  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Score0.15
Rank#337  Overall
#147  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgkx.comorigodb.comgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
www.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase.html
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlcode.kx.comorigodb.com/­docswww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase/­features.html
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcRobert Friberg et alAlex KashirinTransaction Software GmbH
Initial release20142000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032009 infounder the name LiveDB20201987
Current release3.6, May 20180.5, April 2021Transbase 8.3, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPL V3commercial infofree development license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptqC#C++C and C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
LinuxFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyes
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.noyesno infocan be achieved using .NETnono
Secondary indexesnoyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like query language (q)noSQL-like query languageyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.NetC++C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsyesnoyes
Triggersyesyes infowith viewsyes infoDomain Eventsnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioninghorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesdepending on modelyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACIDyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes infoWrite ahead logyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnorights management via user accountsRole based authorizationfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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AlaSQLKdbOrigoDBSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column DatabaseTransbase
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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