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System Properties Comparison DolphinDB vs. GBase vs. InterSystems Caché vs. Kdb

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NameDolphinDB  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionDolphinDB is a high performance Time Series DBMS. It is integrated with an easy-to-use fully featured programming language and a high-volume high-velocity streaming analytics system. It offers operational simplicity, scalability, fault tolerance, and concurrency.Widely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.A multi-model DBMS and application serverHigh performance Time Series DBMS
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
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Score4.03
Rank#78  Overall
#6  Time Series DBMS
Score1.05
Rank#186  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.dolphindb.comwww.gbase.cnwww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachekx.com
Technical documentationdocs.dolphindb.cn/­en/­help200/­index.htmldocs.intersystems.comcode.kx.com
DeveloperDolphinDB, IncGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.InterSystemsKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plc
Initial release2018200419972000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003
Current releasev2.00.4, January 2022GBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c2018.1.4, May 20203.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community version availablecommercialcommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit version
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C, Java, Pythonq
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
LinuxAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesdepending on used data modelyes
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.noyesyesyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageStandard with numerous extensionsyesSQL-like query language (q)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
JSON over HTTP
Kafka
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
OPC DA
OPC UA
RabbitMQ
WebSocket
ADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
MatLab
Python
R
Rust
C#C#
C++
Java
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsyesuser defined functions
Triggersnoyesyesyes infowith views
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioninghorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningnonehorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processing
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDACIDno
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.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAdministrators, Users, GroupsyesAccess rights for users, groups and rolesrights management via user accounts
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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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