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System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. SWC-DB vs. Tkrzw vs. Transbase

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparisonTkrzw infoSuccessor of Tokyo Cabinet and Kyoto Cabinet  Xexclude from comparisonTransbase  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMSA concept of libraries, allowing an application program to store and query key-value pairs in a file. Successor of Tokyo Cabinet and Kyoto CabinetA resource-optimized, high-performance, universally applicable RDBMS
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Search engineWide column storeKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSVector DBMSTime Series 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
Score5.52
Rank#59  Overall
#6  Search engines
Score0.08
Rank#364  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Score0.07
Rank#372  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
Score0.17
Rank#334  Overall
#148  Relational DBMS
Websitekx.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
dbmx.net/­tkrzwwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase.html
Technical documentationcode.kx.comlearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase/­features.html
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcMicrosoftAlex KashirinMikio HirabayashiTransaction Software GmbH
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032015202020201987
Current release3.6, May 2018V10.5, April 20210.9.3, August 2020Transbase 8.3, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialOpen Source infoGPL V3Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infofree development license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageqC++C++C and C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hostedLinuxLinux
macOS
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes
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'yesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)noSQL-like query languagenoyes
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
RESTful HTTP APIProprietary protocol
Thrift
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
C++C++
Java
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnononoyes
Triggersyes infowith viewsnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenoneSource-replica 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 ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoyes
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.yesnonoyes infousing specific database classesno
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsyes infousing Azure authenticationnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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KdbMicrosoft Azure AI SearchSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column DatabaseTkrzw infoSuccessor of Tokyo Cabinet and Kyoto CabinetTransbase
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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