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DBMS > Interbase vs. Kdb vs. ObjectBox vs. SAP Advantage Database Server vs. TerarkDB

System Properties Comparison Interbase vs. Kdb vs. ObjectBox vs. SAP Advantage Database Server vs. TerarkDB

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NameInterbase  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADS  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparison
SAP Advantage Database Server seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionLight-weight proven RDBMS infooriginally from BorlandHigh performance Time Series DBMSExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileLow-cost RDBMS with access to ISAM and FoxPro data structuresA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDB
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Object oriented DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.08
Rank#75  Overall
#41  Relational DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#367  Overall
#56  Key-value stores
Websitewww.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasekx.comobjectbox.iowww.sap.com/products/advantage-database-server.htmlgithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationdocs.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasecode.kx.comdocs.objectbox.iobytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
DeveloperEmbarcaderoKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcObjectBox LimitedSybase, SAPByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release19842000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003201719932016
Current releaseInterBase 2020, December 20193.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercialcommercial inforestricted open source version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCqC and C++C++
Server operating systemsAndroid
iOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesno
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.no infoexport as XML data possibleyesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query language (q)noyesno
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Proprietary native API.NET Client API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
C++ API
Java API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Object Pascal
PHP
Ruby
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
Delphi
Perl
PHP
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoInterbase procedure and trigger languageuser defined functionsnoyesno
Triggersyesyes infowith viewsnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesInterbase Change ViewsSource-replica replicationonline/offline synchronization between client and serverMulti-source replication infoCONFLICT Trigger to resolve replication conflicts
Source-replica replication
none
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 Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoMultiversion concurreny controlyesyesyesyes
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.yesyesnono infocaching of (temporary) tables can be configuredyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardrights management via user accountsyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno
More information provided by the system vendor
InterbaseKdbObjectBoxSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADSTerarkDB
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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