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DBMS > EsgynDB vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. InterSystems Caché vs. Kdb vs. Solr

System Properties Comparison EsgynDB vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. InterSystems Caché vs. Kdb vs. Solr

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NameEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonSolr  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionGoogle's NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.A multi-model DBMS and application serverHigh performance Time Series DBMSA widely used distributed, scalable search engine based on Apache Lucene
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value store
Wide column store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Search engine
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.16
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score3.26
Rank#92  Overall
#13  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score42.91
Rank#24  Overall
#3  Search engines
Websitewww.esgyn.cncloud.google.com/­bigtablewww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachekx.comsolr.apache.org
Technical documentationcloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docsdocs.intersystems.comcode.kx.comsolr.apache.org/­resources.html
DeveloperEsgynGoogleInterSystemsKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcApache Software Foundation
Initial release2015201519972000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032006
Current release2018.1.4, May 20203.6, May 20189.6.0, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoApache Version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageC++, JavaqJava
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VM inforuns as a servlet in servlet container (e.g. Tomcat, Jetty is included)
Data schemeyesschema-freedepending on used data modelyesyes infoDynamic Fields enables on-the-fly addition of new fields
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes infosupports customizable data types and automatic typing
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.nonoyesyesyes
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes infoAll search fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyesSQL-like query language (q)Solr Parallel SQL Interface
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
C++
Java
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
Erlang
Java
JavaScript
any language that supports sockets and either XML or JSON
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresnoyesuser defined functionsJava plugins
Triggersnonoyesyes infowith viewsyes infoUser configurable commands triggered on index changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnonehorizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication between multi datacentersInternal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zonesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingspark-solr: github.com/­lucidworks/­spark-solr and streaming expressions to reduce
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic single-row operationsACIDnooptimistic locking
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.nonoyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)Access rights for users, groups and rolesrights management via user accountsyes
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EsgynDBGoogle Cloud BigtableInterSystems CachéKdbSolr
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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