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System Properties Comparison Datomic vs. Interbase vs. Kdb vs. OrientDB vs. Quasardb

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NameDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonInterbase  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityLight-weight proven RDBMS infooriginally from BorlandHigh performance Time Series DBMSMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)Distributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score1.59
Rank#150  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score4.61
Rank#72  Overall
#39  Relational DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score3.19
Rank#93  Overall
#16  Document stores
#7  Graph DBMS
#14  Key-value stores
Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.datomic.comwww.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasekx.comorientdb.orgquasar.ai
Technical documentationdocs.datomic.comdocs.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasecode.kx.comwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmldoc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperCognitectEmbarcaderoKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPquasardb
Initial release201219842000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320102009
Current release1.0.6735, June 2023InterBase 2020, December 20193.6, May 20183.2.29, March 20243.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infolimited edition freecommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoApache version 2commercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licenses
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJava, ClojureCqJavaC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAndroid
iOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")schema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes infointeger and binary
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.nono infoexport as XML data possibleyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL-like query language (q)SQL-like query language, no joinsSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesClojure
Java
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Object Pascal
PHP
Ruby
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
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoTransaction Functionsyes infoInterbase procedure and trigger languageuser defined functionsJava, Javascriptno
TriggersBy using transaction functionsyesyes infowith viewsHooksno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersnonehorizontal partitioningShardingSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersInterbase Change ViewsSource-replica replicationMulti-source replicationSource-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingno infocould be achieved with distributed querieswith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyes inforelationship in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMultiversion concurreny controlyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyesyesyes infoby using LevelDB
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 developmentyesyesyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardrights management via user accountsAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurableCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail
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DatomicInterbaseKdbOrientDBQuasardb
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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