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System Properties Comparison Apache Druid vs. BoltDB vs. Kdb vs. Sadas Engine vs. SWC-DB

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NameApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataAn embedded key-value store for Go.High performance Time Series DBMSSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environmentsA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Key-value storeTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score3.25
Rank#90  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score0.80
Rank#215  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#373  Overall
#157  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#364  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websitedruid.apache.orggithub.com/­boltdb/­boltkx.comwww.sadasengine.comgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designcode.kx.comwww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentation
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcSADAS s.r.l.Alex Kashirin
Initial release201220132000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320062020
Current release29.0.1, April 20243.6, May 20188.00.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache license v2Open Source infoMIT Licensecommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercial infofree trial version availableOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaGoqC++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Unix
BSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyes infoschema-less columns are supportedschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes
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.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesyesnoyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL for queryingnoSQL-like query language (q)yesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languagesClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
GoC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functionsnono
Triggersnonoyes infowith viewsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infomanual/auto, time-basednonehorizontal partitioninghorizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesnoneSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyesno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'no
User concepts infoAccess controlRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemnorights management via user accountsAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard
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Apache DruidBoltDBKdbSadas EngineSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database
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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