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System Properties Comparison Badger vs. Datomic vs. Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres vs. Kdb vs. OrientDB

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NameBadger  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonFujitsu Enterprise Postgres  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embeddable, persistent, simple and fast Key-Value Store, written purely in Go.Datomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityEnterprise-grade PostgreSQL-based DBMS with security enhancements such as Transparent Data Encryption and Data Masking, plus high-availability and performance improvement features.High performance Time Series DBMSMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.20
Rank#325  Overall
#49  Key-value stores
Score1.76
Rank#145  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score0.37
Rank#281  Overall
#127  Relational DBMS
Score7.70
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score3.27
Rank#97  Overall
#16  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#15  Key-value stores
Websitegithub.com/­dgraph-io/­badgerwww.datomic.comwww.postgresql.fastware.comkx.comorientdb.org
Technical documentationgodoc.org/­github.com/­dgraph-io/­badgerdocs.datomic.comwww.postgresql.fastware.com/­product-manualscode.kx.comwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.html
DeveloperDGraph LabsCognitectPostgreSQL Global Development Group, Fujitsu Australia Software TechnologyKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAP
Initial release201720122000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032010
Current release1.0.6735, June 2023Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres 14, January 20223.6, May 20183.2.29, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infolimited edition freecommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoApache version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoJava, ClojureCqJava
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesSQL-like query language (q)SQL-like query language, no joins
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesGoClojure
Java
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoTransaction Functionsuser defined functionsuser defined functionsJava, Javascript
TriggersnoBy using transaction functionsyesyes infowith viewsHooks
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peerspartitioning by range, list and by hashhorizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingno infocould be achieved with distributed queries
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyesyes inforelationship in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardrights management via user accountsAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurable
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BadgerDatomicFujitsu Enterprise PostgresKdbOrientDB
Specific characteristics100% compatible with community PostgreSQL
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Integrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesBuilt-in TDE and Data Masking security. In-Memory Columnar Index, and a high speed...
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provides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariosTransactional payments applications, reporting and mixed workloads.
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tick 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 metricsOver 30 years experience in database technology. Over 20 years in Postgres development...
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kdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsCore based licensing
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