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DBMS > Kdb vs. Machbase Neo vs. Manticore Search vs. TerarkDB

System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. Machbase Neo vs. Manticore Search vs. TerarkDB

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonMachbase Neo infoFormer name was Infiniflux  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSTimeSeries DBMS for AIoT and BigDataMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.A key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDB
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMSSearch engineKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar Library
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
Score0.12
Rank#339  Overall
#30  Time Series DBMS
Score0.22
Rank#312  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Websitekx.commachbase.commanticoresearch.comgithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationcode.kx.commachbase.com/­dbmsmanual.manticoresearch.combytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcMachbaseManticore SoftwareByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003201320172016
Current release3.6, May 2018V8.0, August 20236.0, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercial infofree test version availableOpen Source infoGPL version 2commercial inforestricted open source version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageqCC++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesFixed schemaschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Booleanno
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.yesnoCan index from XMLno
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)SQL-like query languageSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
gRPC
HTTP REST
JDBC
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
Binary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
C++ API
Java API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
PHP infovia ODBC
Python
R infovia ODBC
Scala
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnouser defined functionsno
Triggersyes infowith viewsnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningShardingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportednone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationselectable replication factorSynchronous replication based on Galera librarynone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoyes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesnoyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infovolatile and lookup tableyes
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountssimple password-based access controlnono
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KdbMachbase Neo infoFormer name was InfinifluxManticore SearchTerarkDB
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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