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System Properties Comparison Cachelot.io vs. DuckDB vs. Kdb vs. RDF4J vs. Realm

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NameCachelot.io  Xexclude from comparisonDuckDB  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIn-memory caching systemAn embeddable, in-process, column-oriented SQL OLAP RDBMSHigh performance Time Series DBMSRDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.A DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core Data
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
RDF storeDocument store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.04
Rank#388  Overall
#62  Key-value stores
Score4.63
Rank#69  Overall
#37  Relational DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#222  Overall
#9  RDF stores
Score7.41
Rank#52  Overall
#8  Document stores
Websitecachelot.ioduckdb.orgkx.comrdf4j.orgrealm.io
Technical documentationduckdb.org/­docscode.kx.comrdf4j.org/­documentationrealm.io/­docs
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcSince 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.Realm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019
Initial release201520182000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320042014
Current release0.10, February 20243.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoSimplified BSD LicenseOpen Source infoMIT Licensecommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoEclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C++qJava
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
server-lessLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes infoRDF Schemasyes
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'yesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL-like query language (q)nono
APIs and other access methodsMemcached protocolArrow Database Connectivity (ADBC)
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Java API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL infoSesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C# info3rd party driver
C++
Crystal info3rd party driver
Go info3rd party driver
Java
Lisp info3rd party driver
Python
R
Ruby info3rd party driver
Rust
Swift
Zig info3rd party driver
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
Java
PHP
Python
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functionsyesno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary
Triggersnonoyes infowith viewsyesyes infoChange Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonehorizontal partitioningnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneSource-replica replicationnonenone
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 ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACID infoIsolation support depends on the API usedACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentnoyesyesyes infoin-memory storage is supported as wellyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlnonorights management via user accountsnoyes
More information provided by the system vendor
Cachelot.ioDuckDBKdbRDF4J infoformerly known as SesameRealm
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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