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DBMS > Apache Phoenix vs. EXASOL vs. FileMaker vs. Kdb vs. RocksDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Phoenix vs. EXASOL vs. FileMaker vs. Kdb vs. RocksDB

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NameApache Phoenix  Xexclude from comparisonEXASOL  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonRocksDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA scale-out RDBMS with evolutionary schema built on Apache HBaseHigh-performance, in-memory, MPP database specifically designed for in-memory analytics.FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.High performance Time Series DBMSEmbeddable persistent key-value store optimized for fast storage (flash and RAM)
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.90
Rank#125  Overall
#59  Relational DBMS
Score1.66
Rank#138  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Score45.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score7.73
Rank#45  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score2.84
Rank#97  Overall
#16  Key-value stores
Websitephoenix.apache.orgwww.exasol.comwww.claris.com/­filemakerkx.comrocksdb.org
Technical documentationphoenix.apache.orgwww.exasol.com/­resourceswww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationcode.kx.comgithub.com/­facebook/­rocksdb/­wiki
DeveloperApache Software FoundationExasolClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcFacebook, Inc.
Initial release2014200019832000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032013
Current release5.0-HBase2, July 2018 and 4.15-HBase1, December 201919.4.1, November 20213.6, May 20189.4.0, June 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialcommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoBSD
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaqC++
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyes infolate-bound, schema-on-read capabilitiesyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesno
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.nonoyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'no
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesyes infovia pluginsSQL-like query language (q)no
APIs and other access methodsJDBC.Net
JDBC
ODBC
WebSocket
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
C++ API
Java API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
Java
Lua
Python
R
PHPC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsuser defined functionsyesuser defined functionsno
Triggersnoyesyesyes infowith views
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnonehorizontal partitioninghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Source-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsHadoop integrationyes infoHadoop integrationnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnonoyes
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.yesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (using HBase ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC, multi-tenancyAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesrights management via user accountsno
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Apache PhoenixEXASOLFileMakerKdbRocksDB
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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