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DBMS > Kdb vs. LevelDB vs. Machbase Neo vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. Sequoiadb

System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. LevelDB vs. Machbase Neo vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. Sequoiadb

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonLevelDB  Xexclude from comparisonMachbase Neo infoFormer name was Infiniflux  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data Warehouse  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSEmbeddable fast key-value storage library that provides an ordered mapping from string keys to string valuesTimeSeries DBMS for AIoT and BigDataElastic, large scale data warehouse service leveraging the broad eco-system of SQL ServerNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQL
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Key-value storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational 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
Score2.35
Rank#111  Overall
#19  Key-value stores
Score0.12
Rank#339  Overall
#30  Time Series DBMS
Score20.56
Rank#31  Overall
#19  Relational DBMS
Score0.45
Rank#261  Overall
#41  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Websitekx.comgithub.com/­google/­leveldbmachbase.comazure.microsoft.com/­services/­synapse-analyticswww.sequoiadb.com
Technical documentationcode.kx.comgithub.com/­google/­leveldb/­blob/­main/­doc/­index.mdmachbase.com/­dbmsdocs.microsoft.com/­azure/­synapse-analyticswww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=index
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcGoogleMachbaseMicrosoftSequoiadb Ltd.
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032011201320162013
Current release3.6, May 20181.23, February 2021V8.0, August 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoBSDcommercial infofree test version availablecommercialOpen Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageqC++CC++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Illumos
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
hostedLinux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regex
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)noSQL-like query languageyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
gRPC
HTTP REST
JDBC
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol using JSON
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C++
Go
Java info3rd party binding
JavaScript (Node.js) info3rd party binding
Python info3rd party binding
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
PHP infovia ODBC
Python
R infovia ODBC
Scala
C#
Java
PHP
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnonoTransact SQLJavaScript
Triggersyes infowith viewsnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningnoneShardingSharding, horizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneselectable replication factoryesSource-replica replication
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 ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono infodocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­synapse-analytics/­sql-data-warehouse/­sql-data-warehouse-table-constraintsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononoACIDDocument is locked during a transaction
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infowith automatic compression on writesnoyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infovolatile and lookup tableno
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsnosimple password-based access controlyessimple password-based access control
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KdbLevelDBMachbase Neo infoFormer name was InfinifluxMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data WarehouseSequoiadb
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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