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System Properties Comparison Apache Druid vs. dBASE vs. Kdb vs. Sadas Engine vs. STSdb

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NameApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality datadBase was one of the first databases with a development environment on PC's. Its latest version dBase V is still sold as dBase classic, which needs a DOS Emulation. The up-to-date product is dBase plus.High performance Time Series DBMSSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environmentsKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.34
Rank#88  Overall
#48  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score10.34
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#158  Relational DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Websitedruid.apache.orgwww.dbase.comkx.comwww.sadasengine.comgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasecode.kx.comwww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentation
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsAsthon TateKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcSADAS s.r.l.STS Soft SC
Initial release201219792000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320062011
Current release29.0.1, April 2024dBASE 2019, 20193.6, May 20188.04.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache license v2commercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercial infofree trial version availableOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaqC++C#
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Unix
DOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Windows
Data schemeyes infoschema-less columns are supportedyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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 indexesyesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL for queryingnoSQL-like query language (q)yesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
none infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
dBase proprietary IDEC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.user defined functionsnono
Triggersnonoyes infowith viewsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infomanual/auto, time-basednonehorizontal partitioninghorizontal partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesnoneSource-replica replicationnonenone
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 ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSnono
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.noyesyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'
User concepts infoAccess controlRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemAccess rights for users and rolesrights management via user accountsAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardno
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Apache DruiddBASEKdbSadas EngineSTSdb
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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