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System Properties Comparison InterSystems Caché vs. Kdb vs. ObjectBox vs. Teradata vs. Transwarp KunDB

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NameInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonTeradata  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp KunDB  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionA multi-model DBMS and application serverHigh performance Time Series DBMSExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileA hybrid cloud data analytics software platform (Teradata Vantage)OLTP DBMS based on a distributed architecture and highly compatible with MySQL and Oracle
Primary database modelKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Object oriented DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score45.33
Rank#21  Overall
#15  Relational DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#344  Overall
#151  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachekx.comobjectbox.iowww.teradata.comwww.transwarp.cn/­en/­product/­kundb
Technical documentationdocs.intersystems.comcode.kx.comdocs.objectbox.iodocs.teradata.com
DeveloperInterSystemsKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcObjectBox LimitedTeradataTranswarp
Initial release19972000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320171984
Current release2018.1.4, May 20203.6, May 2018Teradata Vantage 1.0 MU2, January 2019
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageqC and C++
Server operating systemsAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
hosted
Linux
Data schemedepending on used data modelyesyesyesyes
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.yesyesnoyes
Secondary indexesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyes infoJoin-index to prejoin tables, aggregate index, sparse index, hash indexyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query language (q)noyes infoSQL 2016 + extensionsyes
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Proprietary native API.NET Client API
HTTP REST
JDBC
JMS Adapter
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Java
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
C
C++
Cobol
Java (JDBC-ODBC)
Perl
PL/1
Python
R
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsnoyes infoUDFs, stored procedures, table functions in parallelyes
Triggersyesyes infowith viewsnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningnoneSharding infoHashinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationonline/offline synchronization between client and serverMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACIDACID
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.yesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and rolesrights management via user accountsyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes
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InterSystems CachéKdbObjectBoxTeradataTranswarp KunDB
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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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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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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