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System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. LokiJS vs. MarkLogic vs. OpenEdge vs. Valentina Server

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMarkLogic  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSIn-memory JavaScript DBMSOperational and transactional Enterprise NoSQL databaseApplication development environment with integrated database management systemObject-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document storeDocument store
Native XML DBMS
RDF store infoas of version 7
Search engine
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational 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
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score5.18
Rank#63  Overall
#11  Document stores
#1  Native XML DBMS
#1  RDF stores
#7  Search engines
Score3.45
Rank#85  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#325  Overall
#144  Relational DBMS
Websitekx.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.progress.com/­marklogicwww.progress.com/­openedgewww.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationcode.kx.comtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSwww.progress.com/­marklogic/­documentationdocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latestvalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcMarkLogic Corp.Progress Software CorporationParadigma Software
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032014200119841999
Current release3.6, May 201811.0, December 2022OpenEdge 12.2, March 20205.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Sourcecommercial inforestricted free version is availablecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageqJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-free infoSchema can be enforcedyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes
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.yesnoyesyes
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes infovia viewsyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)noyes infoSQL92yes infoclose to SQL 92yes
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
JavaScript APIJava API
Node.js Client API
ODBC
proprietary Optic API infoProprietary Query API, introduced with version 9
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL
WebDAV
XDBC
XQuery
XSLT
JDBC
ODBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
JavaScriptC
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Progress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language).Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsView functions in JavaScriptyes infovia XQuery or JavaScriptyesyes
Triggersyes infowith viewsyesyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningnoneShardinghorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneyesSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingyesyes infovia Hadoop Connector, HDFS Direct Access and in-database MapReduce jobsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID infocan act as a resource manager in an XA/JTA transactionACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes, with Range Indexesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsnoRole-based access control at the document and subdocument levelsUsers and groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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KdbLokiJSMarkLogicOpenEdgeValentina Server
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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