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System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. MaxDB vs. searchxml vs. SiriDB vs. TerarkDB

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparisonSiriDB  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application serverOpen Source Time Series DBMSA 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
Relational DBMSNative XML DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational 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
Score2.32
Rank#112  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#25  Search engines
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Websitekx.commaxdb.sap.comwww.searchxml.net/­category/­productssiridb.comgithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationcode.kx.commaxdb.sap.com/­documentationwww.searchxml.net/­support/­handoutsdocs.siridb.combytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997informationpartners gmbhCesbitByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20031984201520172016
Current release3.6, May 20187.9.10.12, February 20241.0
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercial infoLimited community edition freecommercialOpen Source infoMIT Licensecommercial inforestricted open source version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageqC++C++CC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
WindowsLinux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infoNumeric datano
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.yesnoyesnono
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)yesnonono
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
RESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
HTTP APIC++ API
Java API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIsC
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyesyes infoon the application servernono
Triggersyes infowith viewsyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningnonenoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationyes infosychronisation to multiple collectionsyesnone
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 ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDmultiple readers, single writernono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnonoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application servicessimple rights management via user accountsno
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KdbMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-DsearchxmlSiriDBTerarkDB
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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