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System Properties Comparison Geode vs. Kdb vs. Kinetica vs. Oracle Berkeley DB vs. SpaceTime

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NameGeode  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Berkeley DB  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGeode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processesHigh performance Time Series DBMSFully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsWidely used in-process key-value storeSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.
Primary database modelKey-value storeTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value store infosupports sorted and unsorted key sets
Native XML DBMS infoin the Oracle Berkeley DB XML version
Spatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.51
Rank#147  Overall
#25  Key-value stores
Score7.73
Rank#45  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.42
Rank#261  Overall
#120  Relational DBMS
Score1.88
Rank#130  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
#3  Native XML DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Websitegeode.apache.orgkx.comwww.kinetica.comwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­berkeleydb.htmlwww.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationgeode.apache.org/­docscode.kx.comdocs.kinetica.comdocs.oracle.com/­cd/­E17076_05/­html/­index.html
DeveloperOriginally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.Kx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcKineticaOracle infooriginally developed by Sleepycat, which was acquired by OracleMireo
Initial release20022000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003201219942020
Current release1.1, February 20173.6, May 20187.1, August 202118.1.40, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as Gemfirecommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialOpen Source infocommercial license availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaqC, C++C, Java, C++ (depending on the Berkeley DB edition)C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxAIX
Android
FreeBSD
iOS
Linux
OS X
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeyes
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.noyesnoyes infoonly with the Berkeley DB XML editionno
Secondary indexesnoyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (OQL)SQL-like query language (q)SQL-like DML and DDL statementsyes infoSQL interfaced based on SQLite is availableA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsJava Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net infoFigaro is a .Net framework assembly that extends Berkeley DB XML into an embeddable database engine for .NET
others infoThird-party libraries to manipulate Berkeley DB files are available for many languages
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js) info3rd party binding
Perl
Python
Tcl
C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsuser defined functionsuser defined functionsnono
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersyes infowith viewsyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangeyes infoonly for the SQL APIno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioningShardingnoneFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationReal-time block device replication (DRBD)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes, on a single nodenonoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights per client and object definablerights management via user accountsAccess rights for users and roles on table levelnoyes
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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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