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DBMS > Galaxybase vs. Kdb vs. Spark SQL vs. STSdb

System Properties Comparison Galaxybase vs. Kdb vs. Spark SQL vs. STSdb

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NameGalaxybase  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable, ACID-compliant native distributed parallel graph platformHigh performance Time Series DBMSSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelGraph DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score0.07
Rank#377  Overall
#40  Graph DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score18.04
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#357  Overall
#51  Key-value stores
Websitegalaxybase.comkx.comspark.apache.org/­sqlgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationcode.kx.comspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.html
DeveloperChuanglin(Createlink) Technology Co., Ltd 浙江创邻科技有限公司Kx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcApache Software FoundationSTS Soft SC
Initial release20172000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320142011
Current releaseNov 20, November 20213.6, May 20183.5.0 ( 2.13), September 20234.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC and JavaqScalaC#
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Windows
Data schemeStrong typed schemayesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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.noyesno
Secondary indexesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'nono
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language (q)SQL-like DML and DDL statementsno
APIs and other access methodsBrowser interface
console (shell)
Graph API (Gremlin)
OpenCypher
Proprietary native API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
Python
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
Java
Python
R
Scala
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined procedures and functionsuser defined functionsnono
Triggersyes infowith viewsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioningyes, utilizing Spark Corenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnonenone
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 Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoRelationships in graphsyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonono
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.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlrights management via user accountsnono
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GalaxybaseKdbSpark SQLSTSdb
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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