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System Properties Comparison Badger vs. Datomic vs. Kdb vs. Sequoiadb

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NameBadger  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  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 durabilityHigh performance Time Series DBMSNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQL
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational 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
Score7.70
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.48
Rank#260  Overall
#41  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­dgraph-io/­badgerwww.datomic.comkx.comwww.sequoiadb.com
Technical documentationgodoc.org/­github.com/­dgraph-io/­badgerdocs.datomic.comcode.kx.comwww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=index
DeveloperDGraph LabsCognitectKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcSequoiadb Ltd.
Initial release201720122000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032013
Current release1.0.6735, June 20233.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infolimited edition freecommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageGoJava, ClojureqC++
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regex
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 indexesnoyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query language (q)SQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
proprietary protocol using JSON
Supported programming languagesGoClojure
Java
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoTransaction Functionsuser defined functionsJavaScript
TriggersnoBy using transaction functionsyes infowith viewsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peershorizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoDocument is locked during a transaction
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyes
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 developmentyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnonorights management via user accountssimple password-based access control
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BadgerDatomicKdbSequoiadb
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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