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Name

Description

CUBRID is an open-source SQL-based relational database management system with object extensions for OLTP

High performance Time Series DBMS

Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScript

Object-relational database and reports server

Primary database model

Relational DBMS

Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS

Relational DBMS

Secondary database models

Relational DBMS

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Score	1.20
Rank	#169	Overall
	#78	Relational DBMS

Score	7.55
Rank	#53	Overall
	#3	Time Series DBMS
	#1	Vector DBMS

Score	0.29
Rank	#293	Overall
	#133	Relational DBMS

Score	0.17
Rank	#327	Overall
	#145	Relational DBMS

Website

cubrid.com (korean)
cubrid.org (english)

kx.com

google.github.io/lovefield

www.valentina-db.net

Technical documentation

cubrid.org/manuals

code.kx.com

github.com/google/lovefield/blob/master/docs/spec_index.md

valentina-db.com/docs/dokuwiki/v5/doku.php

Developer

CUBRID Corporation, CUBRID Foundation

Kx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plc

Google

Paradigma Software

Initial release

2008

2000

kdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003

2014

1999

Current release

11.0, January 2021

3.6, May 2018

2.1.12, February 2017

5.7.5

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache Version 2.0

commercial

free 32-bit version

Open Source

Apache 2.0

commercial

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

C, C++, Java

JavaScript

Server operating systems

Linux
Windows

Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows

server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)

tested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari

Linux
OS X
Windows

Data scheme

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

yes

Secondary indexes

yes

table attribute 'grouped'

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

SQL-like query language (q)

SQL-like query language

via JavaScript builder pattern

yes

APIs and other access methods

ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB

HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket

ODBC

Supported programming languages

C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby

C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala

JavaScript

.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

Java Stored Procedures

user defined functions

yes

Triggers

yes

with views

Using read-only observers

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

horizontal partitioning

none

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

Source-replica replication

none

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

similar paradigm used for internal processing

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

yes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Database

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

using MemoryDB

yes

User concepts

Access control

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

rights management via user accounts

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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Specific characteristics

Integrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantages

provides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenarios

tick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customers

Goldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metrics

kdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing models

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