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DBMS > Kdb vs. Kinetica vs. SiteWhere vs. STSdb vs. WakandaDB

System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. Kinetica vs. SiteWhere vs. STSdb vs. WakandaDB

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSFully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series dataKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing methodWakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMSKey-value storeObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.64
Rank#236  Overall
#109  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#356  Overall
#35  Time Series DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Score0.03
Rank#364  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Websitekx.comwww.kinetica.comgithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewheregithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4wakanda.github.io
Technical documentationcode.kx.comdocs.kinetica.comsitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.htmlwakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcKineticaSiteWhereSTS Soft SCWakanda SAS
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032012201020112012
Current release3.6, May 20187.1, August 20214.0.8, September 20152.7.0 (AprilĀ 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialOpen Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0Open Source infoGPLv2, commercial license availableOpen Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageqC, C++JavaC#C++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
WindowsLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyespredefined schemeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)SQL-like DML and DDL statementsnonono
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST.NET Client APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
Java
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsuser defined functionsnoyes
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 partitioningShardingSharding infobased on HBasenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor infobased on HBasenonenone
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 configurationImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonononoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.yesyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMnono
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsAccess rights for users and roles on table levelUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptnoyes
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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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