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System Properties Comparison EDB Postgres vs. Interbase vs. Kdb vs. SWC-DB vs. Yanza

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NameEDB Postgres  Xexclude from comparisonInterbase  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparisonYanza  Xexclude from comparison
Yanza seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionThe EDB Postgres Platform is an enterprise-class data management platform based on the open source database PostgreSQL with flexible deployment options and Oracle compatibility features, complemented by tool kits for management, integration, and migration.Light-weight proven RDBMS infooriginally from BorlandHigh performance Time Series DBMSA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMSTime Series DBMS for IoT Applications
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Wide column storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.90
Rank#135  Overall
#63  Relational DBMS
Score4.61
Rank#72  Overall
#39  Relational DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.01
Rank#376  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websitewww.enterprisedb.comwww.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasekx.comgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
yanza.com
Technical documentationwww.enterprisedb.com/­docsdocs.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasecode.kx.com
DeveloperEnterpriseDBEmbarcaderoKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcAlex KashirinYanza
Initial release200519842000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320202015
Current release14, December 2021InterBase 2020, December 20193.6, May 20180.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoBSD for PostgreSQL-componentscommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoGPL V3commercial infofree version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono infobut mainly used as a service provided by Yanza
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Implementation languageCCqC++
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxWindows
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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.yes infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.no infoexport as XML data possibleyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'no
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infostandard with numerous extensionsyesSQL-like query language (q)SQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Object Pascal
PHP
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C++any language that supports HTTP calls
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.yes infoInterbase procedure and trigger languageuser defined functionsnono
Triggersyesyesyes infowith viewsnoyes infoTimer and event based
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning infoby hash, list or rangenonehorizontal partitioningShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationInterbase Change ViewsSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes infoMultiversion concurreny controlyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardrights management via user accountsno
More information provided by the system vendor
EDB PostgresInterbaseKdbSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column DatabaseYanza
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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