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DBMS > Kdb vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. Pinecone

System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. Pinecone

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerA managed, cloud-native vector database
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score6.99
Rank#51  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#2  Vector DBMS
Score76.37
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score3.23
Rank#80  Overall
#4  Vector DBMS
Websitekx.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasewww.pinecone.io
Technical documentationcode.kx.comdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqldocs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overview
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcMicrosoftPinecone Systems, Inc
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320102019
Current release3.6, May 2018V12
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesyes
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageqC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hostedhosted
Data schemeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesString, Number, Boolean
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.yesyesno
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)yesno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsTransact SQL
Triggersyes infowith viewsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes, with always 3 replicas available
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
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 accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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KdbMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL AzurePinecone
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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