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System Properties Comparison eXtremeDB vs. Hazelcast vs. KairosDB vs. Microsoft SQL Server vs. Transbase

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NameeXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonHazelcast  Xexclude from comparisonKairosDB  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft SQL Server  Xexclude from comparisonTransbase  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionNatively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringA widely adopted in-memory data gridDistributed Time Series DBMS based on Cassandra or H2Microsofts flagship relational DBMSA resource-optimized, high-performance, universally applicable RDBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Key-value storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12Document store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.80
Rank#214  Overall
#99  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score5.46
Rank#61  Overall
#7  Key-value stores
Score0.67
Rank#233  Overall
#20  Time Series DBMS
Score821.56
Rank#3  Overall
#3  Relational DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#334  Overall
#148  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.mcobject.comhazelcast.comgithub.com/­kairosdb/­kairosdbwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­sql-serverwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase.html
Technical documentationwww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmhazelcast.org/­imdg/­docskairosdb.github.iolearn.microsoft.com/­en-US/­sql/­sql-serverwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase/­features.html
DeveloperMcObjectHazelcastMicrosoftTransaction Software GmbH
Initial release20012008201319891987
Current release8.2, 20215.3.6, November 20231.2.2, November 2018SQL Server 2022, November 2022Transbase 8.3, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial inforestricted free version is availablecommercial infofree development license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC and C++JavaJavaC++C and C++
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.no infosupport of XML interfaces availableyes infothe object must implement a serialization strategynoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLSQL-like query languagenoyesyes
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
JCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Graphite protocol
HTTP REST
Telnet API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
C#
C++
Delphi
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Visual Basic
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infoEvent Listeners, Executor ServicesnoTransact SQL, .NET languages, R, Python and (with SQL Server 2019) Javayes
Triggersyes infoby defining eventsyes infoEventsnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning / shardingShardingSharding infobased on Cassandratables can be distributed across several files (horizontal partitioning); sharding through federation
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesActive Replication Fabricâ„¢ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
yes infoReplicated Mapselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandrayes, but depending on the SQL-Server EditionSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus AlgorithmEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commitednoACIDyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyesyesyesyes
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.yesyesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlsimple password-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Specific characteristicseXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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Competitive advantageseXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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Typical application scenariosIoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
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Key customersSchneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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Market metricsWith hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
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Licensing and pricing modelsFor server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
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