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System Properties Comparison GeoMesa vs. Kdb vs. NSDb vs. UniData,UniVerse vs. WakandaDB

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NameGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonNSDb  Xexclude from comparisonUniData,UniVerse  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.High performance Time Series DBMSScalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of KubernetesMultiValue database and application server with SQL mapping layer and meta database capabilitiesWakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMSMultivalue DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score3.16
Rank#97  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#364  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.geomesa.orgkx.comnsdb.iowww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-unidatawakanda.github.io
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlcode.kx.comnsdb.io/­Architecturedocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?cluster=true&labelkey=unidata&labelkey=prod_unidatawakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperCCRi and othersKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcRocket SoftwareWakanda SAS
Initial release20142000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003201719852012
Current release4.0.5, February 20243.6, May 20182.7.0 (AprilĀ 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageScalaqJava, ScalaCC++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes: int, bigint, decimal, stringoptionalyes
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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'all fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language (q)SQL-like query languageyesno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
gRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket
Java API infoJPA
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
Java
Scala
.Net
Basic infoU2 Basic
C
Java
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsnoyesyes
Triggersnoyes infowith viewsyes infoU2 Basicyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layerhorizontal partitioningShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layerSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononoACID infoconfigurableACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesUsing Apache Luceneyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.depending on storage layeryesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagerights management via user accountsAccess rights according to SQL-standard and operating system basedyes
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GeoMesaKdbNSDbUniData,UniVerseWakandaDB
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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