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System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. LMDB vs. MaxDB vs. ObjectBox vs. SQL.JS

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonLMDB  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSA high performant, light-weight, embedded key-value database libraryA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobilePort of SQLite to JavaScript
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Key-value storeRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSTime Series 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
Score2.09
Rank#121  Overall
#20  Key-value stores
Score2.26
Rank#114  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.63
Rank#241  Overall
#112  Relational DBMS
Websitekx.comwww.symas.com/­symas-embedded-database-lmdbmaxdb.sap.comobjectbox.iosql.js.org
Technical documentationcode.kx.comwww.lmdb.tech/­docmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationdocs.objectbox.iosql.js.org/­documentation/­index.html
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcSymasSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997ObjectBox LimitedAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by others
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032011198420172012
Current release3.6, May 20180.9.32, January 20247.9.10.12, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Sourcecommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageqCC++C and C++JavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesyes
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.yesnononono
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'noyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)noyesnoyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supported
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
Proprietary native APIJavaScript API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Nim
Objective C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Swift
Tcl
.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoyesnono
Triggersyes infowith viewsnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningnonenonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneSource-replica replicationonline/offline synchronization between client and servernone
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 ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a file
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesno
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KdbLMDBMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-DObjectBoxSQL.JS
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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