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DBMS > FeatureBase vs. JaguarDB vs. Kdb vs. RRDtool vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison FeatureBase vs. JaguarDB vs. Kdb vs. RRDtool vs. SwayDB

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NameFeatureBase  Xexclude from comparisonJaguarDB  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonRRDtool  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionReal-time database platform that powers real-time analytics and machine learning applications by simultaneously executing low-latency, high-throughput, and highly concurrent workloads.Performant, highly scalable DBMS for AI and IoT applicationsHigh performance Time Series DBMSIndustry standard data logging and graphing tool for time series data. RRD is an acronym for round-robin database. infoThe data is stored in a circular buffer, thus the system storage footprint remains constant over time.An embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value store
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.31
Rank#292  Overall
#135  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#381  Overall
#59  Key-value stores
#13  Vector DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score1.90
Rank#132  Overall
#11  Time Series DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Websitewww.featurebase.comwww.jaguardb.comkx.comoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtoolswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationdocs.featurebase.comwww.jaguardb.com/­support.htmlcode.kx.comoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool/­doc
DeveloperMolecula and Pilosa Open Source ContributorsDataJaguar, Inc.Kx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcTobias OetikerSimer Plaha
Initial release201720152000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200319992018
Current release2022, May 20223.3 July 20233.6, May 20181.8.0, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGPL V3.0commercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoGPL V2 and FLOSSOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoC++ infothe server part. Clients available in other languagesqC infoImplementations in Java (e.g. RRD4J) and C# availableScala
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
LinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
HP-UX
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesNumeric data onlyno
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.nonoyesno infoExporting into and restoring from XML files possibleno
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'nono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL queriesA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infobut no views, foreign keys, triggersSQL-like query language (q)nono
APIs and other access methodsgRPC
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
in-process shared library
Pipes
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C infowith librrd library
C# infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Java infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
JavaScript (Node.js) infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Lua
Perl
PHP infowith a wrapper library
Python
Ruby
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsnono
Triggersnonoyes infowith viewsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardinghorizontal partitioningnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesnononoAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoby using the rrdcached daemonyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes, using Linux fsyncyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsrights management via user accountsnono
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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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