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DBMS > Google Cloud Datastore vs. Interbase vs. Kdb vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage vs. TerarkDB

System Properties Comparison Google Cloud Datastore vs. Interbase vs. Kdb vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage vs. TerarkDB

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NameGoogle Cloud Datastore  Xexclude from comparisonInterbase  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Table Storage  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAutomatically scaling NoSQL Database as a Service (DBaaS) on the Google Cloud PlatformLight-weight proven RDBMS infooriginally from BorlandHigh performance Time Series DBMSA Wide Column Store for rapid development using massive semi-structured datasetsA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDB
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Wide column storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.47
Rank#76  Overall
#12  Document stores
Score4.61
Rank#72  Overall
#39  Relational DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score4.48
Rank#75  Overall
#6  Wide column stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Websitecloud.google.com/­datastorewww.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasekx.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­storage/­tablesgithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationcloud.google.com/­datastore/­docsdocs.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasecode.kx.combytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
DeveloperGoogleEmbarcaderoKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcMicrosoftByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release200819842000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320122016
Current releaseInterBase 2020, December 20193.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialcommercial inforestricted open source version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonoyesno
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Implementation languageCqC++
Server operating systemshostedAndroid
iOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hosted
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes, details hereyesyesyesno
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
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'nono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (GQL)yesSQL-like query language (q)nono
APIs and other access methodsgRPC (using protocol buffers) API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
RESTful HTTP APIC++ API
Java API
Supported programming languages.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Object Pascal
PHP
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresusing Google App Engineyes infoInterbase procedure and trigger languageuser defined functionsnono
TriggersCallbacks using the Google Apps Engineyesyes infowith viewsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonehorizontal partitioningSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using PaxosInterbase Change ViewsSource-replica replicationyes infoimplicit feature of the cloud service. Replication either local, cross-facility or geo-redundant.none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infousing Google Cloud Dataflownono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on type of query and configuration infoStrong Consistency is default for entity lookups and queries within an Entity Group (but can instead be made eventually consistent). Other queries are always eventual consistent.Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infovia ReferenceProperties or Ancestor pathsyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoSerializable Isolation within Transactions, Read Committed outside of TransactionsACIDnooptimistic lockingno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMultiversion concurreny controlyesyesyes
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.noyesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardrights management via user accountsAccess rights based on private key authentication or shared access signaturesno
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Google Cloud DatastoreInterbaseKdbMicrosoft Azure Table StorageTerarkDB
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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