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System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. Kinetica vs. Kingbase vs. Weaviate

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonKingbase  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSFully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsAn enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with PostgreSQL and Oracle and widely used in China.An AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.66
Rank#234  Overall
#107  Relational DBMS
Score0.50
Rank#257  Overall
#119  Relational DBMS
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#6  Vector DBMS
Websitekx.comwww.kinetica.comwww.kingbase.com.cngithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationcode.kx.comdocs.kinetica.comweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcKineticaBeiJing KINGBASE Information technologies inc.Weaviate B.V.
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003201219992019
Current release3.6, May 20187.1, August 2021V8.0, August 20211.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialcommercialOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageqC, C++C and JavaGo
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxLinux
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infostring, int, float, geo point, date, cross reference, fuzzy references
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.yesnoyesno
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)SQL-like DML and DDL statementsStandard with numerous extensionsGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
gokb
JDBC
kdbndp
ODBC
PDI
PDO
Pro*C
psycopg2
QT
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsuser defined functionsuser defined functionsno
Triggersyes infowith viewsyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangeyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningShardinghorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationyesyes
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 Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMyes
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsAccess rights for users and roles on table levelfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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KdbKineticaKingbaseWeaviate
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Weaviate is an open source vector database that is robust, scalable, cloud-native,...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Flexible deployment - Free, open source or fully-managed cloud vector database service...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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As a database supporting the development of generative AI and semantic search applications...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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All companies that have data. ​
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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As of mid 2023: Over 2 million open source downloads 3500+ Weaviate Slack community...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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Weaviate is open-source, and free to use. Weaviate is also available as a fully managed...
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