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DBMS > Kdb vs. LokiJS vs. Newts vs. PlanetScale vs. SAP Advantage Database Server

System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. LokiJS vs. Newts vs. PlanetScale vs. SAP Advantage Database Server

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonPlanetScale  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADS  Xexclude from comparison
SAP Advantage Database Server seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSIn-memory JavaScript DBMSTime Series DBMS based on CassandraScalable, distributed, serverless MySQL database platform built on top of VitessLow-cost RDBMS with access to ISAM and FoxPro data structures
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Spatial 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
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score1.59
Rank#151  Overall
#70  Relational DBMS
Websitekx.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSopennms.github.io/­newtsplanetscale.comwww.sap.com/products/advantage-database-server.html
Technical documentationcode.kx.comtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikiplanetscale.com/­docs
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcOpenNMS GroupPlanetScaleSybase, SAP
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032014201420201993
Current release3.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageqJavaScriptJavaGo
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes infovia viewsnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)nonoyes infowith proprietary extensionsyes
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
JavaScript APIHTTP REST
Java API
ADO.NET
JDBC
MySQL protocol
ODBC
.NET Client API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
JavaScriptJavaAda
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Delphi
Perl
PHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsView functions in JavaScriptnoyes infoproprietary syntaxyes
Triggersyes infowith viewsyesnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningnoneSharding infobased on CassandraShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication infoCONFLICT Trigger to resolve replication conflicts
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Eventual Consistency across shards
Immediate Consistency within a shard
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes infonot for MyISAM storage engineyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infoatomic operations within a single collection possiblenoACID at shard levelACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infotable locks or row locks depending on storage engineyes
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.yesyesnoyesno infocaching of (temporary) tables can be configured
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsnonoUsers with fine-grained authorization concept infono user groups or rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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KdbLokiJSNewtsPlanetScaleSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADS
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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