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System Properties Comparison EXASOL vs. Kdb vs. LMDB vs. Lovefield vs. Microsoft SQL Server

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NameEXASOL  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonLMDB  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft SQL Server  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh-performance, in-memory, MPP database specifically designed for in-memory analytics.High performance Time Series DBMSA high performant, light-weight, embedded key-value database libraryEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptMicrosofts flagship relational DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Key-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.76
Rank#139  Overall
#62  Relational DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score2.09
Rank#121  Overall
#20  Key-value stores
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score821.56
Rank#3  Overall
#3  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.exasol.comkx.comwww.symas.com/­symas-embedded-database-lmdbgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­sql-server
Technical documentationwww.exasol.com/­resourcescode.kx.comwww.lmdb.tech/­docgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdlearn.microsoft.com/­en-US/­sql/­sql-server
DeveloperExasolKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcSymasGoogleMicrosoft
Initial release20002000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003201120141989
Current release3.6, May 20180.9.32, January 20242.1.12, February 2017SQL Server 2022, November 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial inforestricted free version is available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageqCJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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'noyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query language (q)noSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternyes
APIs and other access methods.Net
JDBC
ODBC
WebSocket
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
Supported programming languagesJava
Lua
Python
R
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Nim
Objective C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Swift
Tcl
JavaScriptC#
C++
Delphi
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Visual Basic
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsuser defined functionsnonoTransact SQL, .NET languages, R, Python and (with SQL Server 2019) Java
Triggersyesyes infowith viewsnoUsing read-only observersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioningnonenonetables can be distributed across several files (horizontal partitioning); sharding through federation
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnonenoneyes, but depending on the SQL-Server Edition
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 ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes infousing MemoryDByes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardrights management via user accountsnonofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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EXASOLKdbLMDBLovefieldMicrosoft SQL Server
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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