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DBMS > GeoSpock vs. Interbase vs. Kdb vs. LokiJS vs. Stardog

System Properties Comparison GeoSpock vs. Interbase vs. Kdb vs. LokiJS vs. Stardog

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NameGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonInterbase  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonStardog  Xexclude from comparison
GeoSpock seems to be discontinued. Therefore it will be excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionSpatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scaleLight-weight proven RDBMS infooriginally from BorlandHigh performance Time Series DBMSIn-memory JavaScript DBMSEnterprise Knowledge Graph platform and graph DBMS with high availability, high performance reasoning, and virtualization
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document storeGraph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score4.61
Rank#72  Overall
#39  Relational DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score2.02
Rank#123  Overall
#11  Graph DBMS
#6  RDF stores
Websitegeospock.comwww.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasekx.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.stardog.com
Technical documentationdocs.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasecode.kx.comtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.stardog.com
DeveloperGeoSpockEmbarcaderoKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcStardog-Union
Initial release19842000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320142010
Current release2.0, September 2019InterBase 2020, December 20193.6, May 20187.3.0, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Sourcecommercial info60-day fully-featured trial license; 1-year fully-featured non-commercial use license for academics/students
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageJava, JavascriptCqJavaScriptJava
Server operating systemshostedAndroid
iOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-freeschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema support
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes
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.nono infoexport as XML data possibleyesnono infoImport/export of XML data possible
Secondary indexestemporal, categoricalyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes infovia viewsyes infosupports real-time indexing in full-text and geospatial
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)yesSQL-like query language (q)noYes, compatible with all major SQL variants through dedicated BI/SQL Server
APIs and other access methodsJDBCADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
JavaScript APIGraphQL query language
HTTP API
Jena RDF API
OWL
RDF4J API
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SNARL
SPARQL
Spring Data
Stardog Studio
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Object Pascal
PHP
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
JavaScript.Net
Clojure
Groovy
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoInterbase procedure and trigger languageuser defined functionsView functions in JavaScriptuser defined functions and aggregates, HTTP Server extensions in Java
Triggersnoyesyes infowith viewsyesyes infovia event handlers
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesAutomatic shardingnonehorizontal partitioningnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesInterbase Change ViewsSource-replica replicationnoneMulti-source replication in HA-Cluster
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency in HA-Cluster
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnoyes inforelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMultiversion concurreny controlyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per tablefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardrights management via user accountsnoAccess rights for users and roles
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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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