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System Properties Comparison Datomic vs. Galaxybase vs. Kdb vs. OrientDB

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NameDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonGalaxybase  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityScalable, ACID-compliant native distributed parallel graph platformHigh performance Time Series DBMSMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.76
Rank#145  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#375  Overall
#40  Graph DBMS
Score7.70
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score3.27
Rank#97  Overall
#16  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#15  Key-value stores
Websitewww.datomic.comgalaxybase.comkx.comorientdb.org
Technical documentationdocs.datomic.comcode.kx.comwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.html
DeveloperCognitectChuanglin(Createlink) Technology Co., Ltd 浙江创邻科技有限公司Kx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAP
Initial release201220172000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032010
Current release1.0.6735, June 2023Nov 20, November 20213.6, May 20183.2.29, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infolimited edition freecommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoApache version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJava, ClojureC and JavaqJava
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)
Data schemeyesStrong typed schemayesschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query language (q)SQL-like query language, no joins
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIBrowser interface
console (shell)
Graph API (Gremlin)
OpenCypher
Proprietary native API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesClojure
Java
Go
Java
Python
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoTransaction Functionsuser defined procedures and functionsuser defined functionsJava, Javascript
TriggersBy using transaction functionsyes infowith viewsHooks
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersShardinghorizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingno infocould be achieved with distributed queries
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoRelationships in graphsyesyes inforelationship in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes inforecommended only for testing and developmentyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRole-based access controlrights management via user accountsAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurable
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DatomicGalaxybaseKdbOrientDB
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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