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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Kdb vs. Microsoft SQL Server vs. SiriDB vs. Trafodion

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Kdb vs. Microsoft SQL Server vs. SiriDB vs. Trafodion

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft SQL Server  Xexclude from comparisonSiriDB  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparison
Apache Trafodion has been retired in 2021. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryHigh performance Time Series DBMSMicrosofts flagship relational DBMSOpen Source Time Series DBMSTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score821.56
Rank#3  Overall
#3  Relational DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#378  Overall
#42  Time Series DBMS
Websitealasql.orgkx.comwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­sql-serversiridb.comtrafodion.apache.org
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlcode.kx.comlearn.microsoft.com/­en-US/­sql/­sql-serverdocs.siridb.comtrafodion.apache.org/­documentation.html
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcMicrosoftCesbitApache Software Foundation, originally developed by HP
Initial release20142000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003198920172014
Current release3.6, May 2018SQL Server 2022, November 20222.3.0, February 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercial inforestricted free version is availableOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptqC++CC++, Java
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
LinuxLinux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes 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.noyesyesnono
Secondary indexesnoyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like query language (q)yesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C#
C++
Delphi
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Visual Basic
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsTransact SQL, .NET languages, R, Python and (with SQL Server 2019) JavanoJava Stored Procedures
Triggersyesyes infowith viewsyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningtables can be distributed across several files (horizontal partitioning); sharding through federationShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationyes, but depending on the SQL-Server Editionyesyes, via HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnonoyes infovia user defined functions and HBase
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnorights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardsimple rights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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AlaSQLKdbMicrosoft SQL ServerSiriDBTrafodion
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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