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DBMS > InfluxDB vs. Kdb vs. Newts vs. ObjectBox vs. Riak TS

System Properties Comparison InfluxDB vs. Kdb vs. Newts vs. ObjectBox vs. Riak TS

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NameInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonRiak TS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDBMS for storing time series, events and metricsHigh performance Time Series DBMSTime Series DBMS based on CassandraLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsRiak TS is a distributed NoSQL database optimized for time series data and based on Riak KV
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith GEO packageRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score22.12
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score7.73
Rank#45  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#40  Time Series DBMS
Score1.08
Rank#179  Overall
#6  Object oriented DBMS
#9  Vector DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#318  Overall
#27  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewkx.comopennms.github.io/­newtsgithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
Technical documentationdocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbcode.kx.comgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikidocs.objectbox.iowww.tiot.jp/­riak-docs/­riak/­ts/­latest
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcOpenNMS GroupObjectBox LimitedOpen Source, formerly Basho Technologies
Initial release20132000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003201420172015
Current release2.7.6, April 20243.6, May 20184.0 (May 2024)3.0.0, September 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availablecommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoApache 2.0Bindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoqJavaC and C++Erlang
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Android
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
Linux
OS X
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateNumeric data and Stringsyesyesyes, plus "flex" map-like typesno
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.noyesnonono
Secondary indexesnoyes infotable attribute 'grouped'noyesrestricted
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language (q)nonoyes, limited
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JSON over UDP
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
HTTP REST
Java API
Proprietary native APIHTTP API
Native Erlang Interface
Supported programming languages.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
JavaC
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
C infounofficial client library
C#
C++ infounofficial client library
Clojure infounofficial client library
Dart infounofficial client library
Erlang
Go infounofficial client library
Groovy infounofficial client library
Haskell infounofficial client library
Java
JavaScript infounofficial client library
Lisp infounofficial client library
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala infounofficial client library
Smalltalk infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsnonoErlang
Triggersnoyes infowith viewsnonoyes infopre-commit hooks and post-commit hooks
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoin enterprise version onlyhorizontal partitioningSharding infobased on CassandranoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlySource-replica replicationselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlineselectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyesno infolinks between datasets can be stored
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.yes infoDepending on used storage engineyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accountsrights management via user accountsnoyesno
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InfluxDBKdbNewtsObjectBoxRiak TS
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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