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System Properties Comparison EXASOL vs. Kdb vs. mSQL vs. SiteWhere vs. Snowflake

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NameEXASOL  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparisonSnowflake  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh-performance, in-memory, MPP database specifically designed for in-memory analytics.High performance Time Series DBMSmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series dataCloud-based data warehousing service for structured and semi-structured data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.25
Rank#120  Overall
#57  Relational DBMS
Score7.70
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score1.67
Rank#151  Overall
#70  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#367  Overall
#36  Time Series DBMS
Score123.20
Rank#9  Overall
#6  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.exasol.comkx.comhughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlgithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewherewww.snowflake.com
Technical documentationwww.exasol.com/­resourcescode.kx.comsitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.htmldocs.snowflake.net/­manuals/­index.html
DeveloperExasolKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcHughes TechnologiesSiteWhereSnowflake Computing Inc.
Initial release20002000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003199420102014
Current release3.6, May 20184.4, October 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageqCJava
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
hosted
Data schemeyesyesyespredefined schemeyes infosupport of semi-structured data formats (JSON, XML, Avro)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.noyesnonoyes
Secondary indexesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query language (q)A subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersnoyes
APIs and other access methods.Net
JDBC
ODBC
WebSocket
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP RESTCLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJava
Lua
Python
R
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsuser defined functionsnouser defined functions
Triggersyesyes infowith viewsnono infosimilar concept for controling cloud resources
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioningnoneSharding infobased on HBaseyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneselectable replication factor infobased on HBaseyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoHadoop integrationno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnononoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesnoyesyes
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.yesyesnonono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardrights management via user accountsnoUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authentication
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EXASOLKdbmSQL infoMini SQLSiteWhereSnowflake
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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