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System Properties Comparison Amazon SimpleDB vs. Apache Kylin vs. Kdb vs. Kyligence Enterprise

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NameAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonApache Kylin  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonKyligence Enterprise  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHosted simple database service by Amazon, with the data stored in the Amazon Cloud. infoThere is an unrelated product called SimpleDB developed by Edward ScioreA distributed analytics engine for big data, providing a SQL interface and multi-dimensional analysis (OLAP) and leveraging the Hadoop stackHigh performance Time Series DBMSA distributed analytics engine for big data, built on top of Apache Kylin
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.88
Rank#133  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
Score1.25
Rank#170  Overall
#77  Relational DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#266  Overall
#124  Relational DBMS
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­simpledbkylin.apache.orgkx.comkyligence.io/­kyligence-enterprise
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbkylin.apache.org/­docscode.kx.com
DeveloperAmazonApache Software Foundation, originally contributed from eBay IncKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcKyligence, Inc.
Initial release200720152000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032016
Current release3.1.0, July 20203.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaqJava
Server operating systemshostedLinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes
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
Secondary indexesyes infoAll columns are indexed automaticallyyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoANSI SQL for queries (using Apache Calcite)SQL-like query language (q)ANSI SQL for queries (using Apache Calcite)
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functions
Triggersnoyes infowith views
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationhorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoConcurrent data updates can be detected by the applicationno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)rights management via user accounts
More information provided by the system vendor
Amazon SimpleDBApache KylinKdbKyligence Enterprise
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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