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DBMS > Citus vs. EsgynDB vs. Kdb vs. SQL.JS vs. Trafodion

System Properties Comparison Citus vs. EsgynDB vs. Kdb vs. SQL.JS vs. Trafodion

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NameCitus  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparison
Apache Trafodion has been retired in 2021. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionScalable hybrid operational and analytics RDBMS for big data use cases based on PostgreSQLEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionHigh performance Time Series DBMSPort of SQLite to JavaScriptTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.15
Rank#117  Overall
#56  Relational DBMS
Score0.25
Rank#312  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.63
Rank#241  Overall
#112  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.citusdata.comwww.esgyn.cnkx.comsql.js.orgtrafodion.apache.org
Technical documentationdocs.citusdata.comcode.kx.comsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.htmltrafodion.apache.org/­documentation.html
DeveloperEsgynKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersApache Software Foundation, originally developed by HP
Initial release201020152000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320122014
Current release8.1, December 20183.6, May 20182.3.0, February 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL, commercial license also availablecommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCC++, JavaqJavaScriptC++, Java
Server operating systemsLinuxLinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.yes infospecific XML type available, but no XML query functionalitynoyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infostandard, with numerous extensionsyesSQL-like query language (q)yes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedyes
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
JavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
JavaScriptAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.Java Stored Proceduresuser defined functionsnoJava Stored Procedures
Triggersyesnoyes infowith viewsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardinghorizontal partitioningnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication infoother methods possible by using 3rd party extensionsMulti-source replication between multi datacentersSource-replica replicationnoneyes, via HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnoyes infovia user defined functions and HBase
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardrights management via user accountsnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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CitusEsgynDBKdbSQL.JSTrafodion
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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