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DBMS > GeoMesa vs. HarperDB vs. Kdb vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. WakandaDB

System Properties Comparison GeoMesa vs. HarperDB vs. Kdb vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. WakandaDB

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NameGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data Warehouse  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Ultra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.High performance Time Series DBMSElastic, large scale data warehouse service leveraging the broad eco-system of SQL ServerWakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score20.56
Rank#31  Overall
#19  Relational DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#364  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.geomesa.orgwww.harperdb.iokx.comazure.microsoft.com/­services/­synapse-analyticswakanda.github.io
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmldocs.harperdb.io/­docscode.kx.comdocs.microsoft.com/­azure/­synapse-analyticswakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperCCRi and othersHarperDBKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcMicrosoftWakanda SAS
Initial release201420172000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320162012
Current release5.0.0, May 20243.1, August 20213.6, May 20182.7.0 (AprilĀ 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercial infofree community edition availablecommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialOpen Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageScalaNode.jsqC++C++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesdynamic schemayesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoJSON data typesyesyesyes
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.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like data manipulation statementsSQL-like query language (q)yesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C#
Java
PHP
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1user defined functionsTransact SQLyes
Triggersnonoyes infowith viewsnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layerA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterhorizontal partitioningSharding, horizontal partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layeryes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedSource-replica replicationyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno infodocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­synapse-analytics/­sql-data-warehouse/­sql-data-warehouse-table-constraints
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoAtomic execution of specific operationsnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, using LMDByesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.depending on storage layeryesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageAccess rights for users and rolesrights management via user accountsyesyes
More information provided by the system vendor
GeoMesaHarperDBKdbMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data WarehouseWakandaDB
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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