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System Properties Comparison Apache IoTDB vs. Cubrid vs. GBase vs. IBM Db2 Event Store vs. Kdb

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NameApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonCubrid  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 Event Store  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn IoT native database with high performance for data management and analysis, deployable on the edge and the cloud and integrated with Hadoop, Spark and FlinkCUBRID is an open-source SQL-based relational database management system with object extensions for OLTPWidely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.Distributed Event Store optimized for Internet of Things use casesHigh performance Time Series DBMS
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSEvent Store
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.18
Rank#173  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Score1.20
Rank#169  Overall
#78  Relational DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#185  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score0.19
Rank#323  Overall
#2  Event Stores
#28  Time Series DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Websiteiotdb.apache.orgcubrid.com (korean)
cubrid.org (english)
www.gbase.cnwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2-event-storekx.com
Technical documentationiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmlcubrid.org/­manualswww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2-event-storecode.kx.com
DeveloperApache Software FoundationCUBRID Corporation, CUBRID FoundationGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.IBMKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plc
Initial release20182008200420172000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003
Current release1.1.0, April 202311.0, January 2021GBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c2.03.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialcommercial infofree developer edition availablecommercial infofree 32-bit version
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC, C++, JavaC, Java, PythonC and C++q
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)Linux
Windows
LinuxLinux infoLinux, macOS, Windows for the developer additionLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.nonoyesnoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnoyes infotable attribute 'grouped'
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageyesStandard with numerous extensionsyes infothrough the embedded Spark runtimeSQL-like query language (q)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Native API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
ADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
DB2 Connect
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#C
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesJava Stored Proceduresuser defined functionsyesuser defined functions
Triggersyesyesyesnoyes infowith views
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)nonehorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningShardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasSource-replica replicationyesActive-active shard replicationSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsIntegration with Hadoop and Sparknonono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processing
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesNo - written data is immutableyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesYes - Synchronous writes to local disk combined with replication and asynchronous writes in parquet format to permanent shared storageyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardrights management via user accounts
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Apache IoTDBCubridGBaseIBM Db2 Event StoreKdb
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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