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System Properties Comparison GridGain vs. Kdb vs. Rockset vs. Vertica

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NameGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache IgniteHigh performance Time Series DBMSA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBCloud or off-cloud analytical database and query engine for structured and semi-structured streaming and batch data. Machine learning platform with built-in algorithms, data preparation capabilities, and model evaluation and management via SQL or Python.
Primary database modelKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document storeRelational DBMS infoColumn oriented
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Search engine
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.55
Rank#150  Overall
#26  Key-value stores
#70  Relational DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score10.06
Rank#42  Overall
#26  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.gridgain.comkx.comrockset.comwww.vertica.com
Technical documentationwww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmlcode.kx.comdocs.rockset.comvertica.com/­documentation
DeveloperGridGain Systems, Inc.Kx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcRocksetOpenText infopreviously Micro Focus and Hewlett Packard
Initial release20072000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320192005
Current releaseGridGain 8.5.13.6, May 201812.0.3, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialcommercial infoLimited community edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno infoon-premises, all major clouds - Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and containers
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Implementation languageJava, C++, .NetqC++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hostedLinux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeYes, but also semi-structure/unstructured data storage, and complex hierarchical data (like Parquet) stored and/or queried.
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesdynamic typingyes
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.yesyesno infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'all fields are automatically indexedNo Indexes Required. Different internal optimization strategy, but same functionality included.
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLSQL-like query language (q)Read-only SQL queries, including JOINsFull 1999 standard plus machine learning, time series and geospatial. Over 650 functions.
APIs and other access methodsHDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
HTTP RESTADO.NET
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spark Connector
vSQL infocharacter-based, interactive, front-end utility
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)user defined functionsnoyes, PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL, with minor differences
Triggersyes (cache interceptors and events)yes infowith viewsnoyes, called Custom Alerts
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioningAutomatic shardinghorizontal partitioning, hierarchical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes (replicated cache)Source-replica replicationyesMulti-source replication infoOne, or more copies of data replicated across nodes, or object-store used for repository.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)no infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnono infoBi-directional Spark integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACID
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.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsrights management via user accountsAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consolefine grained access rights according to SQL-standard; supports Kerberos, LDAP, Ident and hash
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GridGainKdbRocksetVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Deploy-anywhere database for large-scale analytical deployments. Deploy off-cloud,...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Fast, scalable, and capable of high concurrency. Separation of compute/storage leverages...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Communication and network analytics, Embedded analytics, Fraud monitoring and Risk...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Abiba Systems, Adform, adMarketplace, AmeriPride, Anritsu, AOL, Avito, Auckland Transport,...
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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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Cost-based models and subscription-based models are both available. One license is...
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