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System Properties Comparison Axibase vs. CockroachDB vs. Greenplum vs. Kdb vs. RDF4J

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NameAxibase  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonGreenplum  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable TimeSeries DBMS based on HBase with integrated rule engine and visualizationCockroachDB is a distributed database architected for modern cloud applications. It is wire compatible with PostgreSQL and backed by a Key-Value Store, which is either RocksDB or a purpose-built derivative, called Pebble.Analytic Database platform built on PostgreSQL. Full name is Pivotal Greenplum Database infoA logical database in Greenplum is an array of individual PostgreSQL databases working together to present a single database image.High performance Time Series DBMSRDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score0.35
Rank#282  Overall
#25  Time Series DBMS
Score5.73
Rank#58  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score8.08
Rank#48  Overall
#31  Relational DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#222  Overall
#9  RDF stores
Websiteaxibase.com/­docs/­atsd/­financewww.cockroachlabs.comgreenplum.orgkx.comrdf4j.org
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.greenplum.orgcode.kx.comrdf4j.org/­documentation
DeveloperAxibase CorporationCockroach LabsPivotal Software Inc.Kx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcSince 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.
Initial release2013201520052000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032004
Current release1558524.1.0, May 20247.0.0, September 20233.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoCommunity Edition (single node) is free, Enterprise Edition (distributed) is paidOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoEclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaGoqJava
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Data schemeyesdynamic schemayesyesyes infoRDF Schemas
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoshort, integer, long, float, double, decimal, stringyesyesyesyes
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 infosince Version 4.2yes
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLyesSQL-like query language (q)no
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Proprietary protocol (Network API)
RESTful HTTP API
JDBCJDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Java API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL infoSesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
C
Java
Perl
Python
R
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyesuser defined functionsyes
Triggersyesnoyesyes infowith viewsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning (by key range) infoall tables are translated to an ordered KV store and then broken down into 64MB ranges, which are then used as replicas in RAFTShardinghorizontal partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication using RAFTSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyesno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDnoACID infoIsolation support depends on the API used
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoin-memory storage is supported as well
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardrights management via user accountsno
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AxibaseCockroachDBGreenplumKdbRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame
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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