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DBMS > Kdb vs. Manticore Search vs. Memcached vs. Qdrant vs. SAP Advantage Database Server

System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. Manticore Search vs. Memcached vs. Qdrant vs. SAP Advantage Database Server

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonQdrant  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 DBMSMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.In-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingA high-performance vector database with neural network or semantic-based matchingLow-cost RDBMS with access to ISAM and FoxPro data structures
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Search engineKey-value storeVector DBMSRelational DBMS
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
Score0.22
Rank#312  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score19.42
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score1.16
Rank#175  Overall
#6  Vector DBMS
Websitekx.commanticoresearch.comwww.memcached.orggithub.com/­qdrant/­qdrant
qdrant.tech
www.sap.com/products/advantage-database-server.html
Technical documentationcode.kx.commanual.manticoresearch.comgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikiqdrant.tech/­documentation
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcManticore SoftwareDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalQdrantSybase, SAP
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032017200320211993
Current release3.6, May 20186.0, February 20231.6.25, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoGPL version 2Open Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageqC++CRust
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesFixed schemaschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, BooleannoNumbers, Strings, Geo, Booleanyes
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.yesCan index from XMLnono
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes infofull-text index on all search fieldsnoyes infoKeywords, numberic ranges, geo, full-textyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)SQL-like query languagenonoyes
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Binary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
Proprietary protocolgRPC
OpenAPI 3.0
RESTful HTTP/JSON API infoOpenAPI 3.0
.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
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
Delphi
Perl
PHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsuser defined functionsnoyes
Triggersyes infowith viewsnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportednoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSynchronous replication based on Galera librarynone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallityCollection-level replicationMulti-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 processingnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency, tunable consistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.noyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno infocaching of (temporary) tables can be configured
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsnoyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolKey-based authenticationfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
KdbManticore SearchMemcachedQdrantSAP 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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