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System Properties Comparison GBase vs. Kdb vs. Spark SQL vs. SpatiaLite vs. Transbase

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NameGBase  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparisonTransbase  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWidely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.High performance Time Series DBMSSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingSpatial extension of SQLiteA resource-optimized, high-performance, universally applicable RDBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score1.07
Rank#185  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score18.96
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Score1.60
Rank#149  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#341  Overall
#150  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.gbase.cnkx.comspark.apache.org/­sqlwww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­indexwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase.html
Technical documentationcode.kx.comspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.htmlwww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.htmlwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase/­features.html
DeveloperGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.Kx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcApache Software FoundationAlessandro FurieriTransaction Software GmbH
Initial release20042000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003201420081987
Current releaseGBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c3.6, May 20183.5.0 ( 2.13), September 20235.0.0, August 2020Transbase 8.3, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1commercial infofree development license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC, Java, PythonqScalaC++C and C++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-lessFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
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.yesyesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'noyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLStandard with numerous extensionsSQL-like query language (q)SQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesyes
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesC#C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
Java
Python
R
Scala
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsuser defined functionsnonoyes
Triggersyesyes infowith viewsnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioninghorizontal partitioningyes, utilizing Spark Corenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesSource-replica replicationnonenoneSource-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 integrityyesyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACIDyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyesrights management via user accountsnonofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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GBaseKdbSpark SQLSpatiaLiteTransbase
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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