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DBMS > Altibase vs. Kdb vs. OrigoDB vs. SiteWhere

System Properties Comparison Altibase vs. Kdb vs. OrigoDB vs. SiteWhere

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NameAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSHigh performance Time Series DBMSA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document store
Object oriented DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.07
Rank#186  Overall
#87  Relational DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#53  Document stores
#20  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#356  Overall
#35  Time Series DBMS
Websitealtibase.comkx.comorigodb.comgithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewhere
Technical documentationgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualscode.kx.comorigodb.com/­docssitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.html
DeveloperAltibaseKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcRobert Friberg et alSiteWhere
Initial release19992000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032009 infounder the name LiveDB2010
Current releasev7.3, 2023, August 20233.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023commercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen SourceOpen Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++qC#Java
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyespredefined scheme
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesUser 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 .NETno
Secondary indexesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL-92SQL-like query language (q)nono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresstored procedures and stored functionsuser defined functionsyes
Triggersyesyes infowith viewsyes infoDomain Events
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioninghorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
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 systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesdepending on modelno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoWrite ahead logyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardrights management via user accountsRole based authorizationUsers with fine-grained authorization concept
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AltibaseKdbOrigoDBSiteWhere
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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