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System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. Firebolt vs. Kdb vs. OpenQM vs. OrigoDB

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonFirebolt  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.Highly scalable cloud data warehouse and analytics product infoForked from ClickhouseHigh performance Time Series DBMSQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSA fully ACID in-memory object graph database
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Multivalue DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.80
Rank#215  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score1.73
Rank#140  Overall
#63  Relational DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.34
Rank#284  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#380  Overall
#50  Document stores
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltwww.firebolt.iokx.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmorigodb.com
Technical documentationdocs.firebolt.iocode.kx.comorigodb.com/­docs
DeveloperFirebolt Analytics Inc.Kx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcRocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsRobert Friberg et al
Initial release201320202000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200319932009 infounder the name LiveDB
Current release3.6, May 20183.4-12
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT Licensecommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availableOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageGoqC#
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hostedLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes infowith some exceptionsyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesUser defined using .NET types and collections
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.noyesyesno infocan be achieved using .NET
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL-like query language (q)nono
APIs and other access methods.Net
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
Supported programming languagesGoGo
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functionsyesyes
Triggersnonoyes infowith viewsyesyes infoDomain Events
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningyeshorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronized
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonedepending on storage layerSource-replica replicationyesSource-replica replication
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 integritynoyesnodepending on model
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoWrite ahead log
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnorights management via user accountsAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelRole based authorization
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BoltDBFireboltKdbOpenQM infoalso called QMOrigoDB
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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