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System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. Kingbase vs. ObjectBox vs. Yanza

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonKingbase  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonYanza  Xexclude from comparison
Yanza seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSAn enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with PostgreSQL and Oracle and widely used in China.Lightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsTime Series DBMS for IoT Applications
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.50
Rank#257  Overall
#119  Relational DBMS
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
#7  Vector DBMS
Websitekx.comwww.kingbase.com.cngithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
yanza.com
Technical documentationcode.kx.comdocs.objectbox.io
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcBeiJing KINGBASE Information technologies inc.ObjectBox LimitedYanza
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003199920172015
Current release3.6, May 2018V8.0, August 20214.0 (May 2024)
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0commercial infofree version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono infobut mainly used as a service provided by Yanza
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Implementation languageqC and JavaC and C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
Android
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes, plus "flex" map-like typesno
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'yesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)Standard with numerous extensionsnono
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
ADO.NET
gokb
JDBC
kdbndp
ODBC
PDI
PDO
Pro*C
psycopg2
QT
Proprietary native APIHTTP API
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
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
any language that supports HTTP calls
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsuser defined functionsnono
Triggersyes infowith viewsyesnoyes infoTimer and event based
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioninghorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyesData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlinenone
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 ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDno
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.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesno
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KdbKingbaseObjectBoxYanza
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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