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System Properties Comparison Apache Kylin vs. Apache Pinot vs. Kdb vs. Quasardb

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NameApache Kylin  Xexclude from comparisonApache Pinot  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA distributed analytics engine for big data, providing a SQL interface and multi-dimensional analysis (OLAP) and leveraging the Hadoop stackRealtime distributed OLAP datastore, designed to answer OLAP queries with low latencyHigh performance Time Series DBMSDistributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.25
Rank#170  Overall
#77  Relational DBMS
Score0.38
Rank#275  Overall
#126  Relational DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#322  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Websitekylin.apache.orgpinot.apache.orgkx.comquasar.ai
Technical documentationkylin.apache.org/­docsdocs.pinot.apache.orgcode.kx.comdoc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperApache Software Foundation, originally contributed from eBay IncApache Software Foundation and contributorsKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcquasardb
Initial release201520152000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032009
Current release3.1.0, July 20201.0.0, September 20233.6, May 20183.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licenses
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaqC++
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java JDK11 or higherLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infointeger and binary
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 indexesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL for queries (using Apache Calcite)SQL-like query languageSQL-like query language (q)SQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBCHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
Python
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsno
Triggersyes infowith viewsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioninghorizontal partitioningSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingwith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoby using LevelDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail
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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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