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System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. NuoDB vs. ObjectBox vs. Sequoiadb vs. Sphinx

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQLOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databases
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSObject oriented DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Search engine
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSTime Series 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
Score0.89
Rank#198  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.45
Rank#261  Overall
#41  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Score5.98
Rank#56  Overall
#5  Search engines
Websitekx.comwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databaseobjectbox.iowww.sequoiadb.comsphinxsearch.com
Technical documentationcode.kx.comdoc.nuodb.comdocs.objectbox.iowww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=indexsphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.ObjectBox LimitedSequoiadb Ltd.Sphinx Technologies Inc.
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032013201720132001
Current release3.6, May 20183.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2Open Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageqC++C and C++C++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
LinuxFreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regexno
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)yesnoSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native APIproprietary protocol using JSONProprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsJava, SQLnoJavaScriptno
Triggersyes infowith viewsyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtennoneShardingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBonline/offline synchronization between client and serverSource-replica replicationnone
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 ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID infotunable commit protocolACIDDocument is locked during a transactionno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMVCCyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoTemporary tablenono
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Usersyessimple password-based access controlno
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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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