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System Properties Comparison Bangdb vs. Kdb vs. OrientDB vs. PouchDB

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NameBangdb  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionConverged and high performance database for device data, events, time series, document and graphHigh performance Time Series DBMSMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)JavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDB
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Document store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.16
Rank#338  Overall
#47  Document stores
#32  Graph DBMS
#31  Time Series DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score3.25
Rank#89  Overall
#16  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#13  Key-value stores
Score2.34
Rank#112  Overall
#21  Document stores
Websitebangdb.comkx.comorientdb.orgpouchdb.com
Technical documentationdocs.bangdb.comcode.kx.comwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmlpouchdb.com/­guides
DeveloperSachin Sinha, BangDBKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPApache Software Foundation
Initial release20122000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320102012
Current releaseBangDB 2.0, October 20213.6, May 20183.2.29, March 20247.1.1, June 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD 3commercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC, C++qJavaJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")schema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes: string, long, double, int, geospatial, stream, eventsyesyesno
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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesyes infosecondary, composite, nested, reverse, geospatialyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL like support with command line toolSQL-like query language (q)SQL-like query language, no joinsno
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Java
Python
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
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsJava, JavascriptView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyes, Notifications (with Streaming only)yes infowith viewsHooksyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding (enterprise version only). P2P based virtual network overlay with consistent hashing and chord algorithmhorizontal partitioningShardingSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-lounge
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor, Knob for CAP (enterprise version only)Source-replica replicationMulti-source replicationMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingno infocould be achieved with distributed queriesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable consistency, set CAP knob accordinglyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes inforelationship in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, optimistic concurrency controlyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes, implements WAL (Write ahead log) as wellyesyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backend
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes, run db with in-memory only modeyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes (enterprise version only)rights management via user accountsAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurableno
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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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