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System Properties Comparison EJDB vs. Kdb vs. SingleStore vs. TimescaleDB vs. TimesTen

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NameEJDB  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonTimescaleDB  Xexclude from comparisonTimesTen  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionEmbeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)High performance Time Series 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 typeA time series DBMS optimized for fast ingest and complex queries, based on PostgreSQLIn-Memory RDBMS compatible to Oracle
Primary database modelDocument storeTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score0.27
Rank#297  Overall
#44  Document stores
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score5.60
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score4.64
Rank#71  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Score1.31
Rank#163  Overall
#74  Relational DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdbkx.comwww.singlestore.comwww.timescale.comwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­timesten.html
Technical documentationgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdb/­blob/­master/­README.mdcode.kx.comdocs.singlestore.comdocs.timescale.comdocs.oracle.com/­database/­timesten-18.1
DeveloperSoftmotionsKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcSingleStore Inc.TimescaleOracle, TimesTen Performance Software, HP infooriginally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005
Initial release20122000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003201320171998
Current release3.6, May 20188.5, January 20242.13.0, November 202311 Release 2 (11.2.2.8.0)
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPLv2commercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCqC++, GoC
Server operating systemsserver-lessLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux info64 bit version requiredLinux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infostring, integer, double, bool, date, object_idyesyesnumerics, strings, booleans, arrays, JSON blobs, geospatial dimensions, currencies, binary data, other complex data typesyes
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.yesnoyesno
Secondary indexesnoyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language (q)yes infobut no triggers and foreign keysyes infofull PostgreSQL SQL syntaxyes
APIs and other access methodsin-process shared libraryHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
JDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Supported programming languagesActionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java infoJDBC
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
C
C++
Java
PL/SQL
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsyesuser defined functions, PL/pgSQL, PL/Tcl, PL/Perl, PL/Python, PL/Java, PL/PHP, PL/R, PL/Ruby, PL/Scheme, PL/Unix shellPL/SQL
Triggersnoyes infowith viewsnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningSharding infohash partitioningyes, across time and space (hash partitioning) attributesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodesSource-replica replication with hot standby and reads on replicas infoMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingno infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculationsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityno infotypically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possibleyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoRead/Write Lockingyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoAll updates are persistent, including those to disk-based columnstores and memory-based row stores. Transaction commits are supported via write-ahead log.yesyes infoby means of logfiles and checkpoints
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnorights management via user accountsFine grained access control via users, groups and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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EJDBKdbSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLTimescaleDBTimesTen
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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SingleStore offers a fully-managed , distributed, highly-scalable SQL database designed...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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SingleStore’s competitive advantages include: Easy and Simplified Architecture with...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Driving Fast Analytics: SingleStore delivers the fastest and most scalable reporting...
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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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Customers in various industries worldwide including US and International Industry...
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