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System Properties Comparison Apache IoTDB vs. Kdb vs. MarkLogic vs. Sequoiadb vs. SQL.JS

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NameApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonMarkLogic  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  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 FlinkHigh performance Time Series DBMSOperational and transactional Enterprise NoSQL databaseNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQLPort of SQLite to JavaScript
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document store
Native XML DBMS
RDF store infoas of version 7
Search engine
Document store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.31
Rank#164  Overall
#14  Time Series DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score5.18
Rank#63  Overall
#11  Document stores
#1  Native XML DBMS
#1  RDF stores
#7  Search engines
Score0.50
Rank#258  Overall
#41  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Score0.63
Rank#241  Overall
#112  Relational DBMS
Websiteiotdb.apache.orgkx.comwww.progress.com/­marklogicwww.sequoiadb.comsql.js.org
Technical documentationiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmlcode.kx.comwww.progress.com/­marklogic/­documentationwww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=indexsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.html
DeveloperApache Software FoundationKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcMarkLogic Corp.Sequoiadb Ltd.Alon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by others
Initial release20182000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003200120132012
Current release1.1.0, April 20233.6, May 201811.0, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercial inforestricted free version is availableOpen Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaqC++C++JavaScript
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesyesschema-free infoSchema can be enforcedschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regexyes
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.noyesyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language (q)yes infoSQL92SQL-like query languageyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supported
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Native API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Java API
Node.js Client API
ODBC
proprietary Optic API infoProprietary Query API, introduced with version 9
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL
WebDAV
XDBC
XQuery
XSLT
proprietary protocol using JSONJavaScript API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsyes infovia XQuery or JavaScriptJavaScriptno
Triggersyesyes infowith viewsyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)horizontal partitioningShardingShardingnone
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 replicationyesSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsIntegration with Hadoop and Sparkno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingyes infovia Hadoop Connector, HDFS Direct Access and in-database MapReduce jobsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACID infocan act as a resource manager in an XA/JTA transactionDocument is locked during a transactionACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a file
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes, with Range Indexesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesrights management via user accountsRole-based access control at the document and subdocument levelssimple password-based access controlno
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Apache IoTDBKdbMarkLogicSequoiadbSQL.JS
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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