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DBMS > H2GIS vs. Hypertable vs. Kdb vs. TerminusDB vs. TinkerGraph

System Properties Comparison H2GIS vs. Hypertable vs. Kdb vs. TerminusDB vs. TinkerGraph

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NameH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionSpatial extension of H2An open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopHigh performance Time Series DBMSScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationshipsA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSWide column storeTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Graph DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
RDF store
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Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#325  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#348  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.h2gis.orgkx.comterminusdb.comtinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homecode.kx.comterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperCNRSHypertable Inc.Kx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release201320092000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320182009
Current release0.9.8.11, March 20163.6, May 201811.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoLGPL 3.0Open Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availablecommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoGPL V3Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++qProlog, RustJava
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes
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 indexesyesrestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansyes infotable attribute 'grouped'no
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoSQL-like query language (q)SQL-like query language (WOQL)no
APIs and other access methodsC++ API
Thrift
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesJavaC++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
JavaScript
Python
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infobased on H2nouser defined functionsyesno
Triggersyesnoyes infowith viewsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardinghorizontal partitioningGraph Partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infobased on H2selectable replication factor on file system levelSource-replica replicationJournaling Streamsnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyesyesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoin-memory journalingoptional
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infobased on H2norights management via user accountsRole-based access controlno
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H2GISHypertableKdbTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemistTinkerGraph
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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