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System Properties Comparison HugeGraph vs. Kdb vs. Kinetica vs. QuestDB

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NameHugeGraph  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA fast-speed and highly-scalable Graph DBMSHigh performance Time Series DBMSFully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsA high performance open source SQL database for time series data
Primary database modelGraph DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.13
Rank#336  Overall
#32  Graph DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.64
Rank#236  Overall
#109  Relational DBMS
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­hugegraph
hugegraph.apache.org
kx.comwww.kinetica.comquestdb.io
Technical documentationhugegraph.apache.org/­docscode.kx.comdocs.kinetica.comquestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperBaiduKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcKineticaQuestDB Technology Inc
Initial release20182000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320122014
Current release0.93.6, May 20187.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaqC, C++Java (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Unix
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocol
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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 indexesyes infoalso supports composite index and range indexyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language (q)SQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL with time-series extensions
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languagesGroovy
Java
Python
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresasynchronous Gremlin script jobsuser defined functionsuser defined functionsno
Triggersnoyes infowith viewsyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangeno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBasehorizontal partitioningShardinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBaseSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsvia hugegraph-sparkno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoedges in graphyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACID for single-table writes
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.yesyesyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers, roles and permissionsrights management via user accountsAccess rights for users and roles on table level
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HugeGraphKdbKineticaQuestDB
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Relational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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High ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Financial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Banks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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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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Open source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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