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System Properties Comparison EJDB vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. Kdb vs. Newts vs. STSdb

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NameEJDB  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionEmbeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)A containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalabilityHigh performance Time Series DBMSTime Series DBMS based on CassandraKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score0.27
Rank#297  Overall
#44  Document stores
Score4.05
Rank#83  Overall
#14  Document stores
#10  Key-value stores
#1  Object oriented DBMS
#45  Relational DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Websitegithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdbwww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-iriskx.comopennms.github.io/­newtsgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdb/­blob/­master/­README.mddocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.clscode.kx.comgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wiki
DeveloperSoftmotionsInterSystemsKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcOpenNMS GroupSTS Soft SC
Initial release201220182000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320142011
Current release2023.3, June 20233.6, May 20184.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPLv2commercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCqJavaC#
Server operating systemsserver-lessAIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Windows
Data schemeschema-freedepending on used data modelyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infostring, integer, double, bool, date, object_idyesyesyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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.yesyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'nono
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL-like query language (q)nono
APIs and other access methodsin-process shared libraryJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
HTTP REST
Java API
.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesActionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby
.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
JavaC#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesuser defined functionsnono
Triggersnoyesyes infowith viewsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardinghorizontal partitioningSharding infobased on Cassandranone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandranone
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 ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityno infotypically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possibleyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnonono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoRead/Write Lockingyesyesyesyes
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.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyesrights management via user accountsnono
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EJDBInterSystems IRISKdbNewtsSTSdb
Specific characteristicsInterSystems IRIS is a complete cloud-first data platform which includes a multi-model...
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Integrated 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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