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DBMS > Kdb vs. LMDB vs. MaxDB vs. OrientDB vs. TypeDB

System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. LMDB vs. MaxDB vs. OrientDB vs. TypeDB

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonLMDB  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn  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 solutionsMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)TypeDB provides developers with an expressive, customizable type system to manage their data using an award-winning query language, TypeQL, while building on a high-performance, distributed architecture.
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Key-value storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Graph DBMS infoThe type-theoretic data model of TypeDB subsumes the graph database model.
Object oriented DBMS infoThe data model of TypeDB comprises object-oriented features such as class inheritance and interfaces.
Relational DBMS infoThe type-theoretic data model of TypeDB subsumes the relational database model.
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score7.73
Rank#45  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score1.94
Rank#120  Overall
#20  Key-value stores
Score2.15
Rank#115  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score3.02
Rank#88  Overall
#16  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
Score0.65
Rank#230  Overall
#20  Graph DBMS
#9  Object oriented DBMS
#107  Relational DBMS
Websitekx.comwww.symas.com/­symas-embedded-database-lmdbmaxdb.sap.comorientdb.orgtypedb.com
Technical documentationcode.kx.comwww.lmdb.tech/­docmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmltypedb.com/­docs
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcSymasSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997OrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPVaticle
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032011198420102016
Current release3.6, May 20180.9.32, January 20247.9.10.12, February 20243.2.29, March 20242.28.3, June 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Sourcecommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoGPL Version 3, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageqCC++JavaJava
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")yes
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'noyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)noyesSQL-like query language, no joinsno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
gRPC protocol
TypeDB Console (shell)
TypeDB Studio (IDE)
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
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
All JVM based languages
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoyesJava, Javascriptno
Triggersyes infowith viewsnoyesHooksno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningnonenoneShardingno
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneSource-replica replicationMulti-source replicationSynchronous replication via raft
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnonono infocould be achieved with distributed queriesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes inforelationship in graphsno infosubstituted by the relationship feature
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACIDACID
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.yesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurableyes infoat REST API level; other APIs in progress
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KdbLMDBMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-DOrientDBTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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TypeDB is a polymorphic database with a conceptual data model, a strong subtyping...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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TypeDB provides a new level of expressivity, extensibility, interoperability, and...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Life sciences : TypeDB makes working with biological data much easier and accelerates...
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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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Apache f or language drivers, and AGPL and Commercial for the database server. The...
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