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DBMS > EXASOL vs. Kdb vs. OpenQM vs. OpenTSDB vs. SAP SQL Anywhere

System Properties Comparison EXASOL vs. Kdb vs. OpenQM vs. OpenTSDB vs. SAP SQL Anywhere

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NameEXASOL  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonOpenTSDB  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh-performance, in-memory, MPP database specifically designed for in-memory analytics.High performance Time Series DBMSQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSScalable Time Series DBMS based on HBaseRDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environments
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Multivalue DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.99
Rank#124  Overall
#58  Relational DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.27
Rank#298  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score1.68
Rank#146  Overall
#12  Time Series DBMS
Score4.25
Rank#79  Overall
#43  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.exasol.comkx.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmopentsdb.netwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.html
Technical documentationwww.exasol.com/­resourcescode.kx.comopentsdb.net/­docs/­build/­html/­index.htmlhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywhere
DeveloperExasolKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcRocket Software, originally Martin Phillipscurrently maintained by Yahoo and other contributorsSAP infoformerly Sybase
Initial release20002000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003199320111992
Current release3.6, May 20183.4-1217, July 2015
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availableOpen Source infoLGPLcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageqJava
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyes infowith some exceptionsschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnumeric data for metrics, strings for tagsyes
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.noyesyesnoyes
Secondary indexesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query language (q)nonoyes
APIs and other access methods.Net
JDBC
ODBC
WebSocket
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
HTTP API
Telnet API
ADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJava
Lua
Python
R
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
Erlang
Go
Java
Python
R
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsuser defined functionsyesnoyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perl
Triggersyesyes infowith viewsyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioningyesSharding infobased on HBasenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyesselectable replication factor infobased on HBaseSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroring
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 infobased on HBaseImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.yesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardrights management via user accountsAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
EXASOLKdbOpenQM infoalso called QMOpenTSDBSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere
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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