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System Properties Comparison InfluxDB vs. InterSystems Caché vs. Kdb vs. Lovefield vs. OrigoDB

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NameInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionDBMS for storing time series, events and metricsA multi-model DBMS and application serverHigh performance Time Series DBMSEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptA fully ACID in-memory object graph database
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith GEO packageDocument storeRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score25.83
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#53  Document stores
#20  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewwww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachekx.comgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldorigodb.com
Technical documentationdocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbdocs.intersystems.comcode.kx.comgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdorigodb.com/­docs
DeveloperInterSystemsKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcGoogleRobert Friberg et al
Initial release201319972000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320142009 infounder the name LiveDB
Current release2.7.6, April 20242018.1.4, May 20203.6, May 20182.1.12, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availablecommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoqJavaScriptC#
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freedepending on used data modelyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateNumeric data and StringsyesyesyesUser defined using .NET types and collections
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.noyesyesnono infocan be achieved using .NET
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageyesSQL-like query language (q)SQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JSON over UDP
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
Supported programming languages.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
C#
C++
Java
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
JavaScript.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesuser defined functionsnoyes
Triggersnoyesyes infowith viewsUsing read-only observersyes infoDomain Events
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoin enterprise version onlynonehorizontal partitioningnonehorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronized
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlySource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationnoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyesdepending on model
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes infoWrite ahead log
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoDepending on used storage engineyesyesyes infousing MemoryDByes
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accountsAccess rights for users, groups and rolesrights management via user accountsnoRole based authorization
More information provided by the system vendor
InfluxDBInterSystems CachéKdbLovefieldOrigoDB
Specific characteristicsInfluxData is the creator of InfluxDB , the open source time series database. It...
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Integrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesTime to Value InfluxDB is available in all the popular languages and frameworks,...
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provides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariosIoT & Sensor Monitoring Developers are witnessing the instrumentation of every available...
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tick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersInfluxData has more than 1,900 paying customers, including customers include MuleSoft,...
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Goldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricsFastest-growing database to drive 27,500 GitHub stars Over 750,000 daily active instances
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kdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source core with closed source clustering available either on-premise or on...
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