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System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. Kinetica vs. SQL.JS vs. Teradata

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonTeradata  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSFully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsPort of SQLite to JavaScriptA hybrid cloud data analytics software platform (Teradata Vantage)
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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
Score0.53
Rank#246  Overall
#115  Relational DBMS
Score41.47
Rank#22  Overall
#15  Relational DBMS
Websitekx.comwww.kinetica.comsql.js.orgwww.teradata.com
Technical documentationcode.kx.comdocs.kinetica.comsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.htmldocs.teradata.com
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcKineticaAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersTeradata
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003201220121984
Current release3.6, May 20187.1, August 2021Teradata Vantage 1.0 MU2, January 2019
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageqC, C++JavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hosted
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
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.yesnonoyes
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyes infoJoin-index to prejoin tables, aggregate index, sparse index, hash index
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)SQL-like DML and DDL statementsyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedyes infoSQL 2016 + extensions
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript API.NET Client API
HTTP REST
JDBC
JMS Adapter
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScriptC
C++
Cobol
Java (JDBC-ODBC)
Perl
PL/1
Python
R
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsuser defined functionsnoyes infoUDFs, stored procedures, table functions in parallel
Triggersyes infowith viewsyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangenoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningShardingnoneSharding infoHashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
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 configurationnoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsAccess rights for users and roles on table levelnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
KdbKineticaSQL.JSTeradata
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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