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DBMS > GeoSpock vs. Google BigQuery vs. Kdb

System Properties Comparison GeoSpock vs. Google BigQuery vs. Kdb

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NameGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle BigQuery  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparison
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DescriptionSpatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scaleLarge scale data warehouse service with append-only tablesHigh performance Time Series DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score62.17
Rank#19  Overall
#13  Relational DBMS
Score8.28
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Websitegeospock.com/cloud.google.com/­bigquerykx.com
Technical documentationdocs.geospock.com/Content/Home.htmcloud.google.com/­bigquery/­docscode.kx.com
DeveloperGeoSpockGoogleKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plc
Initial release20102000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003
Current release2.0, September 20193.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit version
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesyesno
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Implementation languageJava, Javascriptq
Server operating systemshostedhostedLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.nonoyes
Secondary indexestemporal, categoricalnoyes infotable attribute 'grouped'
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)yesSQL-like query language (q)
APIs and other access methodsJDBCRESTful HTTP/JSON APIHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Supported programming languages.Net
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functions infoin JavaScriptuser defined functions
Triggersnonoyes infowith views
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesAutomatic shardingnonehorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processing
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infoSince BigQuery is designed for querying datano
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per tableAccess privileges (owner, writer, reader) on dataset, table or view level infoGoogle Cloud Identity & Access Management (IAM)rights management via user accounts
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GeoSpockGoogle BigQueryKdb
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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