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DBMS > Kdb vs. Lovefield vs. Splice Machine vs. TinkerGraph

System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. Lovefield vs. Splice Machine vs. TinkerGraph

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonSplice Machine  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptOpen-Source SQL RDBMS for Operational and Analytical use cases with native Machine Learning, powered by Hadoop and SparkA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph 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
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score0.54
Rank#252  Overall
#115  Relational DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#345  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websitekx.comgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldsplicemachine.comtinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationcode.kx.comgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdsplicemachine.com/­how-it-works
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcGoogleSplice Machine
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003201420142009
Current release3.6, May 20182.1.12, February 20173.1, March 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoAGPL 3.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageqJavaScriptJavaJava
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)SQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternyesno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
JDBC
Native Spark Datasource
ODBC
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
JavaScriptC#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
R
Scala
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoyes infoJavano
Triggersyes infowith viewsUsing read-only observersyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningnoneShared Nothhing Auto-Sharding, Columnar Partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnoYes, via Full Spark Integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)no
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesoptional
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infousing MemoryDByesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardno
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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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