DB-EnginesInfluxDB: Focus on building software with an easy-to-use serverless, scalable time series platformEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > etcd vs. Firebolt vs. Kdb vs. searchxml vs. TerarkDB

System Properties Comparison etcd vs. Firebolt vs. Kdb vs. searchxml vs. TerarkDB

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
Nameetcd  Xexclude from comparisonFirebolt  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA distributed reliable key-value storeHighly scalable cloud data warehouse and analytics product infoForked from ClickhouseHigh performance Time Series DBMSDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application serverA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDB
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Native XML DBMS
Search engine
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score7.03
Rank#54  Overall
#5  Key-value stores
Score1.73
Rank#140  Overall
#63  Relational DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#390  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#24  Search engines
Score0.08
Rank#367  Overall
#56  Key-value stores
Websiteetcd.io
github.com/­etcd-io/­etcd
www.firebolt.iokx.comwww.searchxml.net/­category/­productsgithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationetcd.io/­docs
github.com/­etcd-io/­etcd/­tree/­master/­Documentation
docs.firebolt.iocode.kx.comwww.searchxml.net/­support/­handoutsbytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
DeveloperFirebolt Analytics Inc.Kx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcinformationpartners gmbhByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release20202000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320152016
Current release3.4, August 20193.6, May 20181.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialcommercial inforestricted open source version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageGoqC++C++
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
Windows infoexperimental
hostedLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesno
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.noyesyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL-like query language (q)nono
APIs and other access methodsgRPC
JSON over HTTP
.Net
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
RESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
C++ API
Java API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Tcl
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIsC++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functionsyes infoon the application serverno
Triggersyes, watching key changesnoyes infowith viewsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesUsing Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.depending on storage layerSource-replica replicationyes infosychronisation to multiple collectionsnone
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
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonomultiple readers, single writerno
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.noyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnorights management via user accountsDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application servicesno
More information provided by the system vendor
etcdFireboltKdbsearchxmlTerarkDB
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
» more
Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
» more
Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
» more
Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
» more
Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
» more
Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
» more

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
etcdFireboltKdbsearchxmlTerarkDB
Recent citations in the news

Monitor Amazon EKS Control Plane metrics using AWS Open Source monitoring services | Amazon Web Services
12 October 2023, AWS Blog

Apache APISIX Without etcd?
27 July 2023, hackernoon.com

RBI reiterates need for underlying forex exposure for rupee derivatives transactions | Stock Market News
5 April 2024, Mint

Killing a market, softly: How an RBI communique could end India's thriving ETCD market
7 April 2024, The Economic Times

ETCD directives don't go well with RBI's stellar reputation
14 April 2024, Business Standard

provided by Google News

10 Best Data Pipeline Tools of 2024 to Boost Your Productivity
20 February 2024, Datamation

Cloud data unicorn Firebolt fires dozens of employees
7 September 2022, CTech

Firebolt, a data warehouse startup, raises $100M at a $1.4B valuation for faster, cheaper analytics on large data sets
26 January 2022, TechCrunch

Firebolt vs Snowflake | Data Warehousing Platform Comparison
1 April 2022, TechRepublic

Firebolt, Israeli Cloud Data Warehouse Startup Forklifts Forward
5 January 2021, Forbes

provided by Google News

Turbocharging the Engine: KX Unleashes AI-First Transformation with kdb+
28 February 2024, Business Wire

McLaren Applied and KX partner to enhance ATLAS software analytics capabilities
9 August 2023, Professional Motorsport World

Introducing Amazon FinSpace with Managed kdb Insights, a fully managed analytics engine, commonly used by capital ...
18 May 2023, AWS Blog

KX ANNOUNCES KDB INSIGHTS AS FULLY MANAGED SERVICE ON AMAZON FINSPACE
18 May 2023, PR Newswire

KX Brings the Power and Performance of kdb+ to Python Developers with PyKX
7 June 2023, Datanami

provided by Google News

A Chinese company is making the cloud 200x faster ยท TechNode
3 July 2017, TechNode

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

Milvus logo

Vector database designed for GenAI, fully equipped for enterprise implementation.
Try Managed Milvus for Free

Present your product here