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System Properties Comparison ArangoDB vs. FatDB vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. Kdb vs. OpenTSDB

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NameArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonFatDB  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonOpenTSDB  Xexclude from comparison
FatDB/FatCloud has ceased operations as a company with February 2014. FatDB is discontinued and excluded from the ranking.
DescriptionNative multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.A .NET NoSQL DBMS that can integrate with and extend SQL Server.Cloud Firestore is an auto-scaling document database for storing, syncing, and querying data for mobile and web apps. It offers seamless integration with other Firebase and Google Cloud Platform products.High performance Time Series DBMSScalable Time Series DBMS based on HBase
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Document store
Key-value store
Document storeTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score3.26
Rank#88  Overall
#15  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score7.36
Rank#53  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score1.68
Rank#142  Overall
#12  Time Series DBMS
Websitearangodb.comfirebase.google.com/­products/­firestorekx.comopentsdb.net
Technical documentationdocs.arangodb.comfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestorecode.kx.comopentsdb.net/­docs/­build/­html/­index.html
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterYouTubeFacebookInstagram
DeveloperArangoDB Inc.FatCloudGoogleKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plccurrently maintained by Yahoo and other contributors
Initial release2012201220172000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032011
Current release3.11.5, November 20233.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availablecommercialcommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoLGPL
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageC++C#qJava
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
WindowshostedLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectionschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashyesyesyesnumeric 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.noyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'no
SQL infoSupport of SQLnono infoVia inetgration in SQL ServernoSQL-like query language (q)no
APIs and other access methodsAQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
.NET Client API
LINQ
RESTful HTTP API
RPC
Windows WCF Bindings
Android
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
HTTP API
Telnet API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
C#Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
Erlang
Go
Java
Python
R
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJavaScriptyes infovia applicationsyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud Functionsuser defined functionsno
Triggersnoyes infovia applicationsyes, with Cloud Functionsyes infowith viewsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infosince version 2.0ShardingShardinghorizontal partitioningSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication with configurable replication factorselectable replication factorMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptyesUsing Cloud Dataflowno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoconfigurable per collection or per write
Immediate Consistency
OneShard (highly available, fault-tolerant deployment mode with ACID semantics)
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infobased on HBase
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes inforelationships in graphsnonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoyesnono
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.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyesno infoCan implement custom security layer via applicationsAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management. Security Rules for 3rd party authentication using Firebase Auth.rights management via user accountsno
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ArangoDBFatDBGoogle Cloud FirestoreKdbOpenTSDB
Specific characteristicsGraph and Beyond. With more than 11,000 stargazers on GitHub, ArangoDB is the leading...
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Integrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesConsolidation: As a native multi-model database, can be used as a full blown document...
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provides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariosNative multi-model in ArangoDB is being used for a broad range of projects across...
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tick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersCisco, Barclays, Refinitive, Siemens Mentor, Kabbage, Liaison, Douglas, MakeMyTrip,...
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Goldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricsArangoDB is the leading native multi-model database with over 11,000 stargazers on...
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kdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsVery permissive Apache 2 License for Community Edition & commercial licenses are...
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