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System Properties Comparison Geode vs. Kdb vs. Pinecone

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NameGeode  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGeode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processesHigh performance Time Series DBMSA managed, cloud-native vector database
Primary database modelKey-value storeTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Vector DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.45
Rank#148  Overall
#24  Key-value stores
Score6.99
Rank#51  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#2  Vector DBMS
Score3.23
Rank#80  Overall
#4  Vector DBMS
Websitegeode.apache.orgkx.comwww.pinecone.io
Technical documentationgeode.apache.org/­docscode.kx.comdocs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overview
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 plcPinecone Systems, Inc
Initial release20022000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032019
Current release1.1, February 20173.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as Gemfirecommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyes
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Implementation languageJavaq
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hosted
Data schemeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesString, Number, Boolean
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.noyesno
Secondary indexesnoyes infotable attribute 'grouped'
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (OQL)SQL-like query language (q)no
APIs and other access methodsJava Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
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
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsuser defined functions
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersyes infowith views
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes, on a single nodeno
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.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights per client and object definablerights management via user accounts
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GeodeKdbPinecone
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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