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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Kdb vs. ObjectBox vs. OpenQM

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Kdb vs. ObjectBox vs. OpenQM

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryHigh performance Time Series DBMSExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Object oriented DBMSMultivalue DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.34
Rank#284  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Websitealasql.orgkx.comobjectbox.iowww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qm
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlcode.kx.comdocs.objectbox.io
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcObjectBox LimitedRocket Software, originally Martin Phillips
Initial release20142000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320171993
Current release3.6, May 20183.4-12
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptqC and C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes infowith some exceptions
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes
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.noyesnoyes
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)nono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsnoyes
Triggersyesyes infowith viewsnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningnoneyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationonline/offline synchronization between client and serveryes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnorights management via user accountsyesAccess rights can be defined down to the item level
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AlaSQLKdbObjectBoxOpenQM 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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