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System Properties Comparison Graphite vs. Kdb vs. MonetDB vs. ObjectBox vs. TerarkDB

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NameGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionData logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperHigh performance Time Series DBMSA relational database management system that stores data in columnsExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileA 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 modelTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSObject oriented DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.57
Rank#73  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#145  Overall
#67  Relational DBMS
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Websitegithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webkx.comwww.monetdb.orgobjectbox.iogithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationgraphite.readthedocs.iocode.kx.comwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationdocs.objectbox.iobytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
DeveloperChris DavisKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcMonetDB BVObjectBox LimitedByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release20062000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003200420172016
Current release3.6, May 2018Dec2023 (11.49), December 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0commercial inforestricted open source version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonqCC and C++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateNumeric data onlyyesyesyesno
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 indexesnoyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language (q)yes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsnono
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
Sockets
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
Proprietary native APIC++ API
Java API
Supported programming languagesJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsyes, in SQL, C, Rnono
Triggersnoyes infowith viewsyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningSharding via remote tablesnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusonline/offline synchronization between client and servernone
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 systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infolockingyesyesyesyes
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.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnorights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesno
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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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