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System Properties Comparison Firebird vs. Kdb vs. PostGIS vs. Raima Database Manager

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NameFirebird  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_Vista  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFirebird is an open source RDBMS forked from Borland's InterBaseHigh performance Time Series DBMSSpatial extension of PostgreSQLRDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into an application or used as a database server
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Spatial DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score20.82
Rank#30  Overall
#18  Relational DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#259  Overall
#120  Relational DBMS
#22  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.firebirdsql.orgkx.compostgis.netraima.com
Technical documentationwww.firebirdsql.org/­en/­reference-manualscode.kx.compostgis.net/­documentationdocs.raima.com
DeveloperFirebird FoundationKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcRaima Inc.
Initial release2000 infoAs fork of Borland's InterBase2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320051984
Current release5.0.0, January 20243.6, May 20183.4.2, February 202415, June 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoInitial Developer's Public Licensecommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC and C++qCC
Server operating systemsAIX
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
server-less infoFirebird Embedded Server
Solaris
Unix
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Android
HP-UX
Integrity RTOS
iOS
Linux
OS X
QNX
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
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 infoExporting/Importing of XML structures possible
Secondary indexesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query language (q)yesyes
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
C/C++ API
JDBC infoJaybird
ODBC
OLE DB
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Objective-C
PL/SQL
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresPSQLuser defined functionsuser defined functionsyes infobased on the ANSI/ISO SQL Persistent Stored Modules (PSM) specification
Triggersyesyes infowith viewsyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningyes infobased on PostgreSQLhorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationyes infobased on PostgreSQLSource-replica replication
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 systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoFeatures a multi-generational MVCC architecture, readers do not block writersyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
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.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptrights management via user accountsyes infobased on PostgreSQLno
More information provided by the system vendor
FirebirdKdbPostGISRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_Vista
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Raima Database Manager (RDM) is an embedded time-series database optimized to run...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Decreased time-to-market Industry-standard interfaces & tools for making your job...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Typical use cases include: Internet of Things (IoT) Embedded In-Memory Database Time-Series...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Infor, ABB, The Boeing Company, BAE Systems, Dow Jones, Dun & Bradstreet, Fujitsu,...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Over 30 000 applications developers worldwide have field-tested RDM products More...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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Just as the technical aspects of Raima Database Manager are flexible, so are the...
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