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System Properties Comparison Databricks vs. Kdb vs. PieCloudDB vs. PostGIS

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NameDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonPieCloudDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionThe Databricks Lakehouse Platform combines elements of data lakes and data warehouses to provide a unified view onto structured and unstructured data. It is based on Apache Spark.High performance Time Series DBMSA cloud-native analytic database platform with new technologoy for elastic MPPSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score81.08
Rank#15  Overall
#2  Document stores
#10  Relational DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.32
Rank#289  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.databricks.comkx.comwww.openpie.compostgis.net
Technical documentationdocs.databricks.comcode.kx.compostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperDatabricksKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcOpenPie
Initial release20132000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032005
Current release3.6, May 20182.1, January 20233.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnoyesno
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Implementation languageqC
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hosted
Data schemeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.yesyesyes
Secondary indexesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLwith Databricks SQLSQL-like query language (q)yesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesPython
R
Scala
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
Java
PL/SQL
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions and aggregatesuser defined functionsuser defined functionsuser defined functions
Triggersyes infowith viewsnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningyesyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesSource-replica replicationyesyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsUser Roles and pluggable authentication with full SQL Standardyes infobased on PostgreSQL
More information provided by the system vendor
DatabricksKdbPieCloudDBPostGIS
Specific characteristicsSupported database models : In addition to the Document store and Relational DBMS...
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Integrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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PieCloudDB, OpenPie's flagship product, is a cutting-edge cloud-native data warehouse....
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Extreme Elastic: PieCloudDB utilizes a cutting-edge eMPP cloud-native architecture...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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PieCloudDB is ideal for Data mining applications that require extreme scalability...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Sail-Cloud China Shipbuilding Group Haizhou System Soochow Securities ​etc.,
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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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PieCloudDB Community Edition: Community License, Free Download, Self-Hosted Deployment;...
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