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System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. Kinetica vs. Manticore Search vs. SQLite vs. YugabyteDB

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonSQLite  Xexclude from comparisonYugabyteDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSFully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.Widely used embeddable, in-process RDBMSHigh-performance distributed SQL database for global, internet-scale applications. Wire and feature compatible with PostgreSQL.
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSSearch engineRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar LibraryDocument store
Wide column store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score7.73
Rank#45  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.42
Rank#261  Overall
#120  Relational DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#301  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score103.35
Rank#10  Overall
#7  Relational DBMS
Score2.48
Rank#108  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Websitekx.comwww.kinetica.commanticoresearch.comwww.sqlite.orgwww.yugabyte.com
Technical documentationcode.kx.comdocs.kinetica.commanual.manticoresearch.comwww.sqlite.org/­docs.htmldocs.yugabyte.com
github.com/­yugabyte/­yugabyte-db
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcKineticaManticore SoftwareDwayne Richard HippYugabyte Inc.
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032012201720002017
Current release3.6, May 20187.1, August 20216.0, February 20233.46.1  (13 August 2024), August 20242.19, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialOpen Source infoGPL version 2Open Source infoPublic DomainOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageqC, C++C++CC and C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
server-lessLinux
OS X
Data schemeyesyesFixed schemayes infodynamic column typesdepending on used data model
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Booleanyes infonot rigid because of 'dynamic typing' concept.yes
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.yesnoCan index from XMLnono
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)SQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query languageyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedyes, PostgreSQL compatible
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Binary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
ADO.NET infoinofficial driver
JDBC infoinofficial driver
ODBC infoinofficial driver
JDBC
YCQL, an SQL-based flexible-schema API with its roots in Cassandra Query Language
YSQL - a fully relational SQL API that is wire compatible with the SQL language in PostgreSQL
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Actionscript
Ada
Basic
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Forth
Fortran
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
PL/SQL
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Scheme
Smalltalk
Tcl
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsuser defined functionsuser defined functionsnoyes infosql, plpgsql, C
Triggersyes infowith viewsyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangenoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningShardingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportednoneHash and Range Sharding, row-level geo-partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationSynchronous replication based on Galera librarynoneBased on Raft distributed consensus protocol, minimum 3 replicas for continuous availability
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationStrong consistency on writes and tunable consistency on reads
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoyes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesACIDDistributed ACID with Serializable & Snapshot Isolation. Inspired by Google Spanner architecture.
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infovia file-system locksyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.yesyes infobased on RocksDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsAccess rights for users and roles on table levelnonoyes
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KdbKineticaManticore SearchSQLiteYugabyteDB
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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YugabyteDB is an open source distributed SQL database for cloud native transactional...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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PostgreSQL compatible: Get instantly productive with a PostgreSQL compatible RDBMS....
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Systems of record and engagement for cloud native applications that require resilience,...
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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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2 Million+ lifetime clusters deployed, 6.5K+ GitHub stars, 7K YugabyteDB Community...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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Apache 2.0 license for the database
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