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DBMS > Kdb vs. Manticore Search vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. MonetDB vs. Qdrant

System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. Manticore Search vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. MonetDB vs. Qdrant

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonQdrant  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.Database as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerA relational database management system that stores data in columnsA high-performance vector database with neural network or semantic-based matching
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Search engineRelational DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar LibraryDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Spatial 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
Score0.29
Rank#302  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score76.78
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#141  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Score1.28
Rank#167  Overall
#7  Vector DBMS
Websitekx.commanticoresearch.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasewww.monetdb.orggithub.com/­qdrant/­qdrant
qdrant.tech
Technical documentationcode.kx.commanual.manticoresearch.comdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationqdrant.tech/­documentation
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcManticore SoftwareMicrosoftMonetDB BVQdrant
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032017201020042021
Current release3.6, May 20186.0, February 2023V12Dec2023 (11.49), December 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoGPL version 2commercialOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageqC++C++CRust
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
hostedFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesFixed schemayesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, BooleanyesyesNumbers, Strings, Geo, Boolean
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 XMLyesno
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyesyesyes infoKeywords, numberic ranges, geo, full-text
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)SQL-like query languageyesyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Binary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
gRPC
OpenAPI 3.0
RESTful HTTP/JSON API infoOpenAPI 3.0
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#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsuser defined functionsTransact SQLyes, in SQL, C, R
Triggersyes infowith viewsnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedSharding via remote tablesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSynchronous replication based on Galera libraryyes, with always 3 replicas availablenone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusCollection-level 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 ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency, tunable consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesACIDACID
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.yesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardKey-based authentication
More information provided by the system vendor
KdbManticore SearchMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL AzureMonetDBQdrant
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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