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System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. Newts vs. Quasardb vs. SiteWhere

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentTime Series DBMS based on CassandraDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series data
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Search engineTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSVector 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
Score5.59
Rank#63  Overall
#7  Search engines
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#356  Overall
#35  Time Series DBMS
Websitekx.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchopennms.github.io/­newtsquasar.aigithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewhere
Technical documentationcode.kx.comlearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikidoc.quasar.ai/­mastersitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.html
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcMicrosoftOpenNMS GroupquasardbSiteWhere
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032015201420092010
Current release3.6, May 2018V13.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageqJavaC++Java
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hostedLinux
OS X
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-freepredefined scheme
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infointeger and binaryyes
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.yesnononono
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesnoyes infowith tagsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)nonoSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
RESTful HTTP APIHTTP REST
Java API
HTTP APIHTTP REST
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
Java.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnonono
Triggersyes infowith viewsnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSharding infobased on CassandraSharding infoconsistent hashingSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraSource-replica replication with selectable replication factorselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnonowith Hadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoby using LevelDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnonoyes infoTransient modeno
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsyes infousing Azure authenticationnoCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailUsers with fine-grained authorization concept
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KdbMicrosoft Azure AI SearchNewtsQuasardbSiteWhere
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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