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System Properties Comparison Apache Pinot vs. Kdb vs. LMDB vs. MaxDB vs. OpenTSDB

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NameApache Pinot  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonLMDB  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonOpenTSDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionRealtime distributed OLAP datastore, designed to answer OLAP queries with low latencyHigh performance Time Series DBMSA high performant, light-weight, embedded key-value database libraryA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsScalable Time Series DBMS based on HBase
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Key-value storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.38
Rank#275  Overall
#126  Relational DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score2.09
Rank#121  Overall
#20  Key-value stores
Score2.26
Rank#114  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score1.68
Rank#142  Overall
#12  Time Series DBMS
Websitepinot.apache.orgkx.comwww.symas.com/­symas-embedded-database-lmdbmaxdb.sap.comopentsdb.net
Technical documentationdocs.pinot.apache.orgcode.kx.comwww.lmdb.tech/­docmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationopentsdb.net/­docs/­build/­html/­index.html
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcSymasSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997currently maintained by Yahoo and other contributors
Initial release20152000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003201119842011
Current release1.0.0, September 20233.6, May 20180.9.32, January 20247.9.10.12, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Sourcecommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoLGPL
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaqCC++Java
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java JDK11 or higherLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnumeric data for metrics, strings for tags
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'noyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language (q)noyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBCHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
HTTP API
Telnet API
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
Python
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Nim
Objective C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Swift
Tcl
.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Erlang
Go
Java
Python
R
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoyesno
Triggersyes infowith viewsnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioninghorizontal partitioningnonenoneSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infobased on HBase
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno
More information provided by the system vendor
Apache PinotKdbLMDBMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-DOpenTSDB
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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