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DBMS > Kdb vs. Memcached vs. Rockset vs. Transbase

System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. Memcached vs. Rockset vs. Transbase

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonTransbase  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBA resource-optimized, high-performance, universally applicable RDBMS
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Key-value storeDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score7.73
Rank#45  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score16.84
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score1.07
Rank#180  Overall
#31  Document stores
Score0.05
Rank#355  Overall
#150  Relational DBMS
Websitekx.comwww.memcached.orgrockset.comwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase.html
Technical documentationcode.kx.comgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikidocs.rockset.comwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase/­features.html
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalRocksetTransaction Software GmbH
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003200320191987
Current release3.6, May 20181.6.29, June 2024Transbase 8.3, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoBSD licensecommercialcommercial infofree development license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageqCC++C and C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
hostedFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnodynamic typingyes
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.yesno infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'noall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)noRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsyes
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Proprietary protocolHTTP RESTADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnonoyes
Triggersyes infowith viewsnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningnoneAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallityyesSource-replica replication
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 ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononoyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesnoyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consolefine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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KdbMemcachedRocksetTransbase
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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