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System Properties Comparison Dolt vs. Interbase vs. Kdb vs. OpenQM vs. SingleStore

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NameDolt  Xexclude from comparisonInterbase  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA MySQL compatible DBMS with Git-like versioning of data and schemaLight-weight proven RDBMS infooriginally from BorlandHigh performance Time Series DBMSQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSMySQL wire-compliant distributed RDBMS that combines an in-memory row-oriented and a disc-based column-oriented storage with patented universal storage to handle transactional and analytical workloads in one single table type
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Multivalue DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.93
Rank#194  Overall
#90  Relational DBMS
Score3.78
Rank#77  Overall
#41  Relational DBMS
Score7.73
Rank#45  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.28
Rank#291  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score4.02
Rank#74  Overall
#39  Relational DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­dolthub/­dolt
www.dolthub.com
www.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasekx.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmwww.singlestore.com
Technical documentationdocs.dolthub.comdocs.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasecode.kx.comdocs.singlestore.com
DeveloperDoltHub IncEmbarcaderoKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcRocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsSingleStore Inc.
Initial release201819842000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200319932013
Current releaseInterBase 2020, December 20193.6, May 20183.4-128.5, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availablecommercial infofree developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoCqC++, Go
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Linux info64 bit version required
Data schemeyesyesyesyes infowith some exceptionsyes
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.nono infoexport as XML data possibleyesyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesSQL-like query language (q)noyes infobut no triggers and foreign keys
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
HTTP REST
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
Supported programming languagesAda
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Object Pascal
PHP
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infocurrently in alpha releaseyes infoInterbase procedure and trigger languageuser defined functionsyesyes
Triggersyesyesyes infowith viewsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonehorizontal partitioningyesSharding infohash partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesA database can be cloned to multiple locations and be used there in isolation. Data/schema changes can be pushed/pulled explicitly between locations.Interbase Change ViewsSource-replica replicationyesSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculations
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMultiversion concurreny controlyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoAll updates are persistent, including those to disk-based columnstores and memory-based row stores. Transaction commits are supported via write-ahead log.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlOnly one user is configurable, and must be specified in the config file at startupfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardrights management via user accountsAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelFine grained access control via users, groups and roles
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DoltInterbaseKdbOpenQM infoalso called QMSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL
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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