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DBMS > Firebolt vs. Kdb vs. SAP Advantage Database Server vs. SWC-DB

System Properties Comparison Firebolt vs. Kdb vs. SAP Advantage Database Server vs. SWC-DB

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NameFirebolt  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADS  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparison
SAP Advantage Database Server seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionHighly scalable cloud data warehouse and analytics product infoForked from ClickhouseHigh performance Time Series DBMSLow-cost RDBMS with access to ISAM and FoxPro data structuresA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.73
Rank#140  Overall
#63  Relational DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#364  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websitewww.firebolt.iokx.comwww.sap.com/products/advantage-database-server.htmlgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationdocs.firebolt.iocode.kx.com
DeveloperFirebolt Analytics Inc.Kx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcSybase, SAPAlex Kashirin
Initial release20202000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200319932020
Current release3.6, May 20180.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageqC++
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query language (q)yesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methods.Net
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
.NET Client API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languagesGo
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
Delphi
Perl
PHP
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsyesno
Triggersnoyes infowith viewsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layerSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication infoCONFLICT Trigger to resolve replication conflicts
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesno infocaching of (temporary) tables can be configuredno
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
FireboltKdbSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADSSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database
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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