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System Properties Comparison Badger vs. Dgraph vs. Kdb vs. Newts vs. SurrealDB

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NameBadger  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embeddable, persistent, simple and fast Key-Value Store, written purely in Go.Distributed and scalable native Graph DBMSHigh performance Time Series DBMSTime Series DBMS based on CassandraA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelKey-value storeGraph DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.14
Rank#331  Overall
#49  Key-value stores
Score1.45
Rank#156  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#203  Overall
#34  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­dgraph-io/­badgerdgraph.iokx.comopennms.github.io/­newtssurrealdb.com
Technical documentationgodoc.org/­github.com/­dgraph-io/­badgerdgraph.io/­docscode.kx.comgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikisurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperDGraph LabsDgraph Labs, Inc.Kx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcOpenNMS GroupSurrealDB Ltd
Initial release201720162000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320142022
Current release3.6, May 2018v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoGoqJavaRust
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
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 indexesnoyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'no
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query language (q)noSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
HTTP REST
Java API
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesGoC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
JavaDeno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functionsno
Triggersnonoyes infowith viewsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyeshorizontal partitioningSharding infobased on Cassandra
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSynchronous replication via RaftSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandra
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnonoACID
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.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnono infoPlanned for future releasesrights management via user accountsnoyes, based on authentication and database rules
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BadgerDgraphKdbNewtsSurrealDB
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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