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System Properties Comparison Axibase vs. Kdb vs. OpenQM vs. Riak KV vs. UniData,UniVerse

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NameAxibase  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonRiak KV  Xexclude from comparisonUniData,UniVerse  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable TimeSeries DBMS based on HBase with integrated rule engine and visualizationHigh performance Time Series DBMSQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSDistributed, fault tolerant key-value storeMultiValue database and application server with SQL mapping layer and meta database capabilities
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Multivalue DBMSKey-value store infowith links between data sets and object tags for the creation of secondary indexesMultivalue DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.29
Rank#292  Overall
#25  Time Series DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.27
Rank#298  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score4.10
Rank#82  Overall
#9  Key-value stores
Score3.16
Rank#97  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Websiteaxibase.com/­docs/­atsd/­financekx.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-unidata
Technical documentationcode.kx.comwww.tiot.jp/­riak-docs/­riak/­kv/­latestdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?cluster=true&labelkey=unidata&labelkey=prod_unidata
DeveloperAxibase CorporationKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcRocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsOpenSource, formerly Basho TechnologiesRocket Software
Initial release20132000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003199320091985
Current release155853.6, May 20183.4-123.2.0, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoCommunity Edition (single node) is free, Enterprise Edition (distributed) is paidcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache version 2, commercial enterprise editioncommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaqErlangC
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyes infowith some exceptionsschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoshort, integer, long, float, double, decimal, stringyesnooptional
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.noyesyesno
Secondary indexesnoyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesrestrictedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language (q)nonoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Proprietary protocol (Network API)
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
HTTP API
Native Erlang Interface
Java API infoJPA
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
C infounofficial client library
C#
C++ infounofficial client library
Clojure infounofficial client library
Dart infounofficial client library
Erlang
Go infounofficial client library
Groovy infounofficial client library
Haskell infounofficial client library
Java
JavaScript infounofficial client library
Lisp infounofficial client library
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala infounofficial client library
Smalltalk infounofficial client library
.Net
Basic infoU2 Basic
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsyesErlangyes
Triggersyesyes infowith viewsyesyes infopre-commit hooks and post-commit hooksyes infoU2 Basic
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioningyesSharding infono "single point of failure"none
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationyesselectable replication factorSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono infolinks between data sets can be storedno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDnoACID infoconfigurable
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.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelyes, using Riak SecurityAccess rights according to SQL-standard and operating system based
More information provided by the system vendor
AxibaseKdbOpenQM infoalso called QMRiak KVUniData,UniVerse
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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