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System Properties Comparison InfinityDB vs. Kdb vs. STSdb vs. TDengine

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NameInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparisonTDengine  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceHigh performance Time Series DBMSKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing methodTime Series DBMS and big data platform
Primary database modelKey-value storeTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Key-value storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.00
Rank#378  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Score2.60
Rank#107  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Websiteboilerbay.comkx.comgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4github.com/­taosdata/­TDengine
tdengine.com
Technical documentationboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualcode.kx.comdocs.tdengine.com
DeveloperBoiler Bay Inc.Kx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcSTS Soft SCTDEngine, previously Taos Data
Initial release20022000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320112019
Current release4.03.6, May 20184.0.8, September 20153.0, August 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license availableOpen Source infoAGPL V3, also commercial editions available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaqC#C
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
WindowsLinux
Windows
Data schemeyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)yes
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.noyesno
Secondary indexesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyes infotable attribute 'grouped'nono
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language (q)noStandard SQL with extensions for time-series applications
APIs and other access methodsAccess via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
.NET Client APIJDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C#
Java
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsnono
Triggersnoyes infowith viewsnoyes, via alarm monitoring
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationnoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsnono
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.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnorights management via user accountsnoyes
More information provided by the system vendor
InfinityDBKdbSTSdbTDengine
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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TDengine™ is a next generation data historian purpose-built for Industry 4.0 and...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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High Performance at any Scale: TDengine is purpose-built for handling massive industrial...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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TDengine is designed for Industrial IoT scenarios, including: Manufacturing Connected...
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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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TDengine has garnered over 22,500 stars on GitHub and is used in over 50 countries...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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TDengine OSS is an open source, cloud native time series database. It includes built-in...
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