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DBMS > Amazon CloudSearch vs. Kdb vs. SQL.JS vs. Transbase vs. VictoriaMetrics

System Properties Comparison Amazon CloudSearch vs. Kdb vs. SQL.JS vs. Transbase vs. VictoriaMetrics

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NameAmazon CloudSearch  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonTransbase  Xexclude from comparisonVictoriaMetrics  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA hosted search engine service by Amazon with the data stored in Amazons cloudHigh performance Time Series DBMSPort of SQLite to JavaScriptA resource-optimized, high-performance, universally applicable RDBMSA fast, cost-effective and scalable Time Series DBMS and monitoring solution
Primary database modelSearch engineTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.81
Rank#137  Overall
#12  Search engines
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.63
Rank#241  Overall
#112  Relational DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#334  Overall
#148  Relational DBMS
Score1.23
Rank#172  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchkx.comsql.js.orgwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase.htmlvictoriametrics.com
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchcode.kx.comsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.htmlwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase/­features.htmldocs.victoriametrics.com
github.com/­VictoriaMetrics/­VictoriaMetrics/­wiki
DeveloperAmazonKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersTransaction Software GmbHVictoriaMetrics
Initial release20122000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003201219872018
Current release3.6, May 2018Transbase 8.3, 2022v1.91, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Sourcecommercial infofree development licenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageqJavaScriptC and C++Go
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
OpenBSD
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyes infoall search fields are automatically indexedyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language (q)yes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedyesno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP APIHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
JavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Graphite protocol
InfluxDB Line Protocol
OpenTSDB
Prometheus Query API
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
JavaScriptC
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsnoyesno
Triggersnoyes infowith viewsnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infoautomatic partitioning across Amazon Search Instance as requiredhorizontal partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infomanaged transparently by AWSSource-replica replicationnoneSource-replica replicationSynchronous 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 systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDyesno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlauthentication via encrypted signaturesrights management via user accountsnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
Amazon CloudSearchKdbSQL.JSTransbaseVictoriaMetrics
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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