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DBMS > FatDB vs. InterSystems Caché vs. Kdb vs. TempoIQ

System Properties Comparison FatDB vs. InterSystems Caché vs. Kdb vs. TempoIQ

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NameFatDB  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonTempoIQ infoformerly TempoDB  Xexclude from comparison
FatDB/FatCloud has ceased operations as a company with February 2014. FatDB is discontinued and excluded from the ranking.Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.TempoIQ seems to be decommissioned. It will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionA .NET NoSQL DBMS that can integrate with and extend SQL Server.A multi-model DBMS and application serverHigh performance Time Series DBMSScalable analytics DBMS for sensor data, provided as a service (SaaS)
Primary database modelDocument store
Key-value store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachekx.comtempoiq.com (offline)
Technical documentationdocs.intersystems.comcode.kx.com
DeveloperFatCloudInterSystemsKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcTempoIQ
Initial release201219972000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032012
Current release2018.1.4, May 20203.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC#q
Server operating systemsWindowsAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freedepending on used data modelyesschema-free
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.yesyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'
SQL infoSupport of SQLno infoVia inetgration in SQL ServeryesSQL-like query language (q)no
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
LINQ
RESTful HTTP API
RPC
Windows WCF Bindings
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#C#
C++
Java
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C#
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infovia applicationsyesuser defined functionsno
Triggersyes infovia applicationsyesyes infowith viewsyes infoRealtime Alerts
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonehorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoCan implement custom security layer via applicationsAccess rights for users, groups and rolesrights management via user accountssimple authentication-based access control
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FatDBInterSystems CachéKdbTempoIQ infoformerly TempoDB
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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