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DBMS > EJDB vs. Kdb vs. Prometheus vs. Sadas Engine vs. TimescaleDB

System Properties Comparison EJDB vs. Kdb vs. Prometheus vs. Sadas Engine vs. TimescaleDB

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NameEJDB  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonPrometheus  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparisonTimescaleDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionEmbeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)High performance Time Series DBMSOpen-source Time Series DBMS and monitoring systemSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environmentsA time series DBMS optimized for fast ingest and complex queries, based on PostgreSQL
Primary database modelDocument storeTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.13
Rank#331  Overall
#46  Document stores
Score7.73
Rank#45  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score7.56
Rank#49  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#159  Relational DBMS
Score4.06
Rank#73  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdbkx.comprometheus.iowww.sadasengine.comwww.timescale.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdb/­blob/­master/­README.mdcode.kx.comprometheus.io/­docswww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentationdocs.timescale.com
DeveloperSoftmotionsKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcSADAS s.r.l.Timescale
Initial release20122000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003201520062017
Current release3.6, May 20188.02.15.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPLv2commercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree trial version availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCqGoC++C
Server operating systemsserver-lessLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infostring, integer, double, bool, date, object_idyesNumeric data onlyyesnumerics, strings, booleans, arrays, JSON blobs, geospatial dimensions, currencies, binary data, other complex data types
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.yesno infoImport of XML data possiblenoyes
Secondary indexesnoyes infotable attribute 'grouped'noyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language (q)noyesyes infofull PostgreSQL SQL syntax
APIs and other access methodsin-process shared libraryHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
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
.Net
C++
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java infoJDBC
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsnonouser defined functions, PL/pgSQL, PL/Tcl, PL/Perl, PL/Python, PL/Java, PL/PHP, PL/R, PL/Ruby, PL/Scheme, PL/Unix shell
Triggersnoyes infowith viewsnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningShardinghorizontal partitioningyes, across time and space (hash partitioning) attributes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationyes infoby FederationnoneSource-replica replication with hot standby and reads on replicas info
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
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 datanononoACID
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.yesnoyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'no
User concepts infoAccess controlnorights management via user accountsnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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EJDBKdbPrometheusSadas EngineTimescaleDB
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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