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DBMS > Google Cloud Datastore vs. Kdb vs. SAP IQ vs. TigerGraph

System Properties Comparison Google Cloud Datastore vs. Kdb vs. SAP IQ vs. TigerGraph

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NameGoogle Cloud Datastore  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAutomatically scaling NoSQL Database as a Service (DBaaS) on the Google Cloud PlatformHigh performance Time Series DBMSColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analyticsA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelDocument storeTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMS infocolumn-orientedGraph DBMS
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
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Score1.83
Rank#139  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Websitecloud.google.com/­datastorekx.comwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.htmlwww.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationcloud.google.com/­datastore/­docscode.kx.comhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQdocs.tigergraph.com
DeveloperGoogleKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcSAP, formerly Sybase
Initial release20082000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200319942017
Current release3.6, May 201816.1 SPS04, April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageqC++
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes, details hereyesyesyes
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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (GQL)SQL-like query language (q)yesSQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methodsgRPC (using protocol buffers) API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresusing Google App Engineuser defined functionsyesyes
TriggersCallbacks using the Google Apps Engineyes infowith viewsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioningshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexer
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using PaxosSource-replica replicationSAP/Sybase Replication Server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infousing Google Cloud Dataflowno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingHadoop integrationyes
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 Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infovia ReferenceProperties or Ancestor pathsyesyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoSerializable Isolation within Transactions, Read Committed outside of TransactionsnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)rights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access control
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Google Cloud DatastoreKdbSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQTigerGraph
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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