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System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. Microsoft Access vs. Quasardb vs. YottaDB

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Access  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSMicrosoft Access combines a backend RDBMS (JET / ACE Engine) with a GUI frontend for data manipulation and queries. infoThe Access frontend is often used for accessing other datasources (DBMS, Excel, etc.)Distributed, high-performance timeseries databaseA fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
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
Score101.16
Rank#11  Overall
#8  Relational DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#322  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score0.28
Rank#306  Overall
#44  Key-value stores
Websitekx.comwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­microsoft-365/­accessquasar.aiyottadb.com
Technical documentationcode.kx.comdeveloper.microsoft.com/­en-us/­accessdoc.quasar.ai/­masteryottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcMicrosoftquasardbYottaDB, LLC
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003199220092001
Current release3.6, May 20181902 (16.0.11328.20222), March 20193.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercial infoBundled with Microsoft Officecommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageqC++C++C
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Windows infoNot a real database server, but making use of DLLsBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Docker
Linux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infointeger and binaryno
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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyes infowith tagsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)yes infobut not compliant to any SQL standardSQL-like query languageby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
ADO.NET
DAO
ODBC
OLE DB
HTTP APIPostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java (JDBC-ODBC)
VBA
Visual Basic.NET
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyes infosince Access 2010 using the ACE-engineno
Triggersyes infowith viewsyes infosince Access 2010 using the ACE-engineno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningnoneSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneSource-replica replication with selectable replication factoryes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnowith Hadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID infobut no files for transaction loggingACIDoptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infobut no files for transaction loggingyes infoby using LevelDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoTransient modeyes
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsno infoa simple user-level security was built in till version Access 2003Cryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms
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KdbMicrosoft AccessQuasardbYottaDB
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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