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DBMS > Badger vs. Kdb vs. Kingbase vs. MonetDB

System Properties Comparison Badger vs. Kdb vs. Kingbase vs. MonetDB

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NameBadger  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonKingbase  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embeddable, persistent, simple and fast Key-Value Store, written purely in Go.High performance Time Series DBMSAn enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with PostgreSQL and Oracle and widely used in China.A relational database management system that stores data in columns
Primary database modelKey-value storeTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.22
Rank#320  Overall
#47  Key-value stores
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.50
Rank#257  Overall
#119  Relational DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#141  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­dgraph-io/­badgerkx.comwww.kingbase.com.cnwww.monetdb.org
Technical documentationgodoc.org/­github.com/­dgraph-io/­badgercode.kx.comwww.monetdb.org/­Documentation
DeveloperDGraph LabsKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcBeiJing KINGBASE Information technologies inc.MonetDB BV
Initial release20172000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200319992004
Current release3.6, May 2018V8.0, August 2021Dec2023 (11.49), December 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageGoqC and JavaC
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes
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.noyesyes
Secondary indexesnoyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language (q)Standard with numerous extensionsyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensions
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
ADO.NET
gokb
JDBC
kdbndp
ODBC
PDI
PDO
Pro*C
psycopg2
QT
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
Supported programming languagesGoC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsuser defined functionsyes, in SQL, C, R
Triggersnoyes infowith viewsyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioninghorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningSharding via remote tables
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationyesnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental status
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnorights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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BadgerKdbKingbaseMonetDB
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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