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DBMS > Kdb vs. Kingbase vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. Qdrant

System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. Kingbase vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. Qdrant

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonKingbase  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data Warehouse  Xexclude from comparisonQdrant  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSAn enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with PostgreSQL and Oracle and widely used in China.Elastic, large scale data warehouse service leveraging the broad eco-system of SQL ServerA high-performance vector database with neural network or semantic-based matching
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Spatial 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
Score0.45
Rank#262  Overall
#123  Relational DBMS
Score20.56
Rank#31  Overall
#19  Relational DBMS
Score1.16
Rank#175  Overall
#6  Vector DBMS
Websitekx.comwww.kingbase.com.cnazure.microsoft.com/­services/­synapse-analyticsgithub.com/­qdrant/­qdrant
qdrant.tech
Technical documentationcode.kx.comdocs.microsoft.com/­azure/­synapse-analyticsqdrant.tech/­documentation
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcBeiJing KINGBASE Information technologies inc.MicrosoftQdrant
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003199920162021
Current release3.6, May 2018V8.0, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageqC and JavaC++Rust
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
hostedDocker
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesNumbers, Strings, Geo, Boolean
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.yesyesnono
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyesyes infoKeywords, numberic ranges, geo, full-text
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)Standard with numerous extensionsyesno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
ADO.NET
gokb
JDBC
kdbndp
ODBC
PDI
PDO
Pro*C
psycopg2
QT
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
gRPC
OpenAPI 3.0
RESTful HTTP/JSON API infoOpenAPI 3.0
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
C#
Java
PHP
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsuser defined functionsTransact SQL
Triggersyes infowith viewsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioninghorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningSharding, horizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyesyesCollection-level 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 ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency, tunable consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno infodocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­synapse-analytics/­sql-data-warehouse/­sql-data-warehouse-table-constraints
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID
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
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesKey-based authentication
More information provided by the system vendor
KdbKingbaseMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data WarehouseQdrant
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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