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DBMS > Firebird vs. Kdb vs. Lovefield vs. TempoIQ vs. Tibero

System Properties Comparison Firebird vs. Kdb vs. Lovefield vs. TempoIQ vs. Tibero

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NameFirebird  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonTempoIQ infoformerly TempoDB  Xexclude from comparisonTibero  Xexclude from comparison
TempoIQ seems to be decommissioned. It will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionFirebird is an open source RDBMS forked from Borland's InterBaseHigh performance Time Series DBMSEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptScalable analytics DBMS for sensor data, provided as a service (SaaS)A secure RDBMS, designed for easy portability from Oracle
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational 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
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score1.78
Rank#140  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.firebirdsql.orgkx.comgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldtempoiq.com (offline)us.tmaxsoft.com/­products/­tibero
Technical documentationwww.firebirdsql.org/­en/­reference-manualscode.kx.comgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdtechnet.tmaxsoft.com/­upload/­download/­online/­tibero/­pver-20150504-000002/­index.html
DeveloperFirebird FoundationKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcGoogleTempoIQTmaxSoft
Initial release2000 infoAs fork of Borland's InterBase2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003201420122003
Current release5.0.0, January 20243.6, May 20182.1.12, February 20176, April 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoInitial Developer's Public Licensecommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageC and C++qJavaScriptC and Assembler
Server operating systemsAIX
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
server-less infoFirebird Embedded Server
Solaris
Unix
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.yesnonoyes
Secondary indexesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query language (q)SQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternnoyes
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
C/C++ API
JDBC infoJaybird
ODBC
OLE DB
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Tibero CLI
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
JavaScriptC#
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Cobol
Java
Objective-C
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Visual Basic
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresPSQLuser defined functionsnonoPersistent Stored Procedure (PSM)
Triggersyesyes infowith viewsUsing read-only observersyes infoRealtime Alertsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningnonehorizontal partitioning infoby range, hash, list or composite
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoFeatures a multi-generational MVCC architecture, readers do not block writersyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infousing MemoryDBnono infoplanned for next version
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptrights management via user accountsnosimple authentication-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard (SQL 92, SQL 99)
More information provided by the system vendor
FirebirdKdbLovefieldTempoIQ infoformerly TempoDBTibero
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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