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System Properties Comparison Axibase vs. Kdb vs. MaxDB vs. Memcached vs. YottaDB

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NameAxibase  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable TimeSeries DBMS based on HBase with integrated rule engine and visualizationHigh performance Time Series DBMSA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingA fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.35
Rank#282  Overall
#25  Time Series DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score2.26
Rank#114  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score18.08
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score0.28
Rank#306  Overall
#44  Key-value stores
Websiteaxibase.com/­docs/­atsd/­financekx.commaxdb.sap.comwww.memcached.orgyottadb.com
Technical documentationcode.kx.commaxdb.sap.com/­documentationgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikiyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperAxibase CorporationKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997Danga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalYottaDB, LLC
Initial release20132000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003198420032001
Current release155853.6, May 20187.9.10.12, February 20241.6.27, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoCommunity Edition (single node) is free, Enterprise Edition (distributed) is paidcommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaqC++CC
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Docker
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoshort, integer, long, float, double, decimal, stringyesyesnono
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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesnoyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language (q)yesnoby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Proprietary protocol (Network API)
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
Proprietary protocolPostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsyesno
Triggersyesyes infowith viewsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioningnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationnone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallityyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDnooptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesnoyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms
More information provided by the system vendor
AxibaseKdbMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-DMemcachedYottaDB
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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