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DBMS > InterSystems IRIS vs. Kdb vs. TerminusDB vs. WakandaDB

System Properties Comparison InterSystems IRIS vs. Kdb vs. TerminusDB vs. WakandaDB

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NameInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalabilityHigh performance Time Series DBMSScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationshipsWakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data
Primary database modelDocument store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Graph DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
RDF store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.98
Rank#91  Overall
#17  Document stores
#14  Key-value stores
#1  Object oriented DBMS
#49  Relational DBMS
Score7.73
Rank#45  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.19
Rank#311  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#364  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-iriskx.comterminusdb.comwakanda.github.io
Technical documentationdocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.clscode.kx.comterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#wakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperInterSystemsKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcDataChemist Ltd.Wakanda SAS
Initial release20182000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320182012
Current release2023.3, June 20233.6, May 201811.0.0, January 20232.7.0 (April 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoGPL V3Open Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageqProlog, RustC++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsAIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemedepending on used data modelyesyesyes
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.yesyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query language (q)SQL-like query language (WOQL)no
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
JavaScript
Python
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsyesyes
Triggersyesyes infowith viewsyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioningGraph Partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationJournaling Streamsnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoin-memory journalingyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyesrights management via user accountsRole-based access controlyes
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InterSystems IRISKdbTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemistWakandaDB
Specific characteristicsInterSystems IRIS is a complete cloud-first data platform which includes a multi-model...
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Integrated 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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