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DBMS > Kdb vs. Manticore Search vs. Oracle Rdb vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. Manticore Search vs. Oracle Rdb vs. SwayDB

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.An embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Search engineRelational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar Library
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score7.70
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#317  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score1.08
Rank#187  Overall
#85  Relational DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#373  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
Websitekx.commanticoresearch.comwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.htmlswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationcode.kx.commanual.manticoresearch.comwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.html
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcManticore SoftwareOracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)Simer Plaha
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003201719842018
Current release3.6, May 20186.0, February 20237.4.1.1, 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoGPL version 2commercialOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageqC++Scala
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
HP Open VMS
Data schemeyesFixed schemaFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)schema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Booleanyesno
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.yesCan index from XMLnono
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)SQL-like query languageyesno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Binary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsuser defined functionsno
Triggersyes infowith viewsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportednone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSynchronous replication based on Galera librarynone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesyes, on a single nodeAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsnono
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KdbManticore SearchOracle RdbSwayDB
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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