DB-EnginesextremeDB - solve IoT connectivity disruptionsEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by Redgate Software

DBMS > BigObject vs. EDB Postgres vs. Kinetica vs. VoltDB

System Properties Comparison BigObject vs. EDB Postgres vs. Kinetica vs. VoltDB

Please select another system to include it in the comparison.

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameBigObject  Xexclude from comparisonEDB Postgres  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonVoltDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for real-time computations and queriesThe EDB Postgres Platform is an enterprise-class data management platform based on the open source database PostgreSQL with flexible deployment options and Oracle compatibility features, complemented by tool kits for management, integration, and migration.Fully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsDistributed In-Memory NewSQL RDBMS infoUsed for OLTP applications with a high frequency of relatively simple transactions, that can hold all their data in memory
Primary database modelRelational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.13
Rank#329  Overall
#147  Relational DBMS
Score1.86
Rank#131  Overall
#61  Relational DBMS
Score0.42
Rank#261  Overall
#120  Relational DBMS
Score1.38
Rank#156  Overall
#72  Relational DBMS
Websitebigobject.iowww.enterprisedb.comwww.kinetica.comwww.voltdb.com
Technical documentationdocs.bigobject.iowww.enterprisedb.com/­docsdocs.kinetica.comdocs.voltdb.com
DeveloperBigObject, Inc.EnterpriseDBKineticaVoltDB Inc.
Initial release2015200520122010
Current release14, December 20217.1, August 202111.3, April 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community edition availablecommercial infoBSD for PostgreSQL-componentscommercialOpen Source infoAGPL for Community Edition, commercial license for Enterprise, AWS, and Pro Editions
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageCC, C++Java, C++
Server operating systemsLinux infodistributed as a docker-image
OS X infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Linux
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X infofor development
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.noyes infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.no
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyes infostandard with numerous extensionsSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyes infoonly a subset of SQL 99
APIs and other access methodsfluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
JDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
C++
Erlang infonot officially supported
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresLuauser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.user defined functionsJava
Triggersnoyesyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangeno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning infoby hash, list or rangeShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoautomatically between fact table and dimension tablesyesyesno infoFOREIGN KEY constraints are not supported
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACID infoTransactions are executed single-threaded within stored procedures
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes infoData access is serialized by the server
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoSnapshots and command logging
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAM
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and roles on table levelUsers and roles with access to stored procedures

More information provided by the system vendor

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
BigObjectEDB PostgresKineticaVoltDB
Recent citations in the news

EDB unveils EDB Postgres AI
23 May 2024, InfoWorld

EDB’s Next Move: From a Postgres Database Company to a Postgres Data & AI Platform Company
20 June 2024, TechCrunch

Enterprise DB begins rolling AI features into PostgreSQL
23 May 2024, SiliconANGLE News

EDB Announces EDB Postgres® AI, an Intelligent Platform for Transactional, Analytical and AI Workloads
23 May 2024, Yahoo Finance

EDB Is Developing Its Flagship Database Into A Comprehensive Platform For Analytics, AI
27 February 2024, CRN

provided by Google News

Kinetica Elevates RAG with Fast Access to Real-Time Data
26 March 2024, Datanami

Kinetica Delivers Real-Time Vector Similarity Search
21 March 2024, insideBIGDATA

Kinetica ramps up RAG for generative AI, empowering enterprises with real-time operational data
18 March 2024, SiliconANGLE News

Kinetica: AI is a ‘killer app’ for data analytics
2 May 2023, Blocks & Files

Kinetica Taps Dell for Hardware
12 June 2018, Finovate

provided by Google News

 VoltDB Launches Active(N) Lossless Cross Data Center Replication
31 August 2021, PR Newswire

Unveiling Volt Active Data’s game-changing approach to limitless app performance
16 October 2023, YourStory

VoltDB Aims for Fast Big Data Development
29 January 2015, ADT Magazine

Solutions Review Sits Down with VoltDB CEO David Flower
17 April 2018, Solutions Review

Stonebraker Seeks to Invert the Computing Paradigm with DBOS
12 March 2024, Datanami

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

RaimaDB logo

RaimaDB, embedded database for mission-critical applications. When performance, footprint and reliability matters.
Try RaimaDB for free.

Milvus logo

Vector database designed for GenAI, fully equipped for enterprise implementation.
Try Managed Milvus for Free

SingleStore logo

The data platform to build your intelligent applications.
Try it free.

Present your product here