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DBMS > Kdb vs. Kingbase vs. OpenQM vs. Riak TS

System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. Kingbase vs. OpenQM vs. Riak TS

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonKingbase  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonRiak TS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSAn enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with PostgreSQL and Oracle and widely used in China.QpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSRiak TS is a distributed NoSQL database optimized for time series data and based on Riak KV
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSMultivalue DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.50
Rank#257  Overall
#119  Relational DBMS
Score0.34
Rank#284  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.28
Rank#307  Overall
#27  Time Series DBMS
Websitekx.comwww.kingbase.com.cnwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qm
Technical documentationcode.kx.comwww.tiot.jp/­riak-docs/­riak/­ts/­latest
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcBeiJing KINGBASE Information technologies inc.Rocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsOpen Source, formerly Basho Technologies
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003199919932015
Current release3.6, May 2018V8.0, August 20213.4-123.0.0, September 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availableOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageqC and JavaErlang
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Data schemeyesyesyes infowith some exceptionsschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesno
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.yesyesyesno
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyesrestricted
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)Standard with numerous extensionsnoyes, limited
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
ADO.NET
gokb
JDBC
kdbndp
ODBC
PDI
PDO
Pro*C
psycopg2
QT
HTTP API
Native Erlang Interface
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
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
C infounofficial client library
C#
C++ infounofficial client library
Clojure infounofficial client library
Dart infounofficial client library
Erlang
Go infounofficial client library
Groovy infounofficial client library
Haskell infounofficial client library
Java
JavaScript infounofficial client library
Lisp infounofficial client library
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala infounofficial client library
Smalltalk infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsuser defined functionsyesErlang
Triggersyes infowith viewsyesyesyes infopre-commit hooks and post-commit hooks
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioninghorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningyesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyesyesselectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono infolinks between datasets can be stored
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.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelno
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KdbKingbaseOpenQM infoalso called QMRiak TS
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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