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DBMS > GBase vs. GeoSpock vs. Kdb vs. ObjectBox

System Properties Comparison GBase vs. GeoSpock vs. Kdb vs. ObjectBox

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NameGBase  Xexclude from comparisonGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparison
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DescriptionWidely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.Spatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scaleHigh performance Time Series DBMSLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectors
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score1.05
Rank#186  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
#7  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.gbase.cngeospock.comkx.comgithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
Technical documentationcode.kx.comdocs.objectbox.io
DeveloperGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.GeoSpockKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcObjectBox Limited
Initial release20042000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032017
Current releaseGBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c2.0, September 20193.6, May 20184.0 (May 2024)
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versionBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageC, Java, PythonJava, JavascriptqC and C++
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Android
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes, plus "flex" map-like types
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.yesnoyesno
Secondary indexesyestemporal, categoricalyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes
SQL infoSupport of SQLStandard with numerous extensionsANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)SQL-like query language (q)no
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
JDBCHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesC#C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnouser defined functionsno
Triggersyesnoyes infowith viewsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningAutomatic shardinghorizontal partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesSource-replica replicationData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offline
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACID
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.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyesAccess rights for users can be defined per tablerights management via user accountsyes
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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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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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