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DBMS > ArcadeDB vs. Kdb vs. LMDB vs. MaxDB vs. PouchDB

System Properties Comparison ArcadeDB vs. Kdb vs. LMDB vs. MaxDB vs. PouchDB

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NameArcadeDB  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonLMDB  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFast and scalable multi-model DBMS, originally forked from OrientDB but most of the code has been rewrittenHigh performance Time Series DBMSA high performant, light-weight, embedded key-value database libraryA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDB
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Time Series DBMS infoin next version
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Key-value storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.02
Rank#374  Overall
#52  Document stores
#38  Graph DBMS
#56  Key-value stores
#38  Time Series DBMS
Score7.73
Rank#45  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score1.94
Rank#120  Overall
#20  Key-value stores
Score2.15
Rank#115  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score2.18
Rank#114  Overall
#21  Document stores
Websitearcadedb.comkx.comwww.symas.com/­symas-embedded-database-lmdbmaxdb.sap.compouchdb.com
Technical documentationdocs.arcadedb.comcode.kx.comwww.lmdb.tech/­docmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationpouchdb.com/­guides
DeveloperArcade DataKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcSymasSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997Apache Software Foundation
Initial release20212000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003201119842012
Current releaseSeptember 20213.6, May 20180.9.32, January 20247.9.10.12, February 20247.1.1, June 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Sourcecommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaqCC++JavaScript
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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.noyesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'noyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language, no joinsSQL-like query language (q)noyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
MongoDB API
OpenCypher
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Redis API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
TinkerPop Gremlin
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesJavaC
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
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoyesView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyes infowith viewsnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningnonenoneSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-lounge
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationnoneSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes inforelationship in graphsyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backend
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno
More information provided by the system vendor
ArcadeDBKdbLMDBMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-DPouchDB
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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