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System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. mSQL vs. OpenEdge vs. OrigoDB vs. XTDB

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSApplication development environment with integrated database management systemA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseA general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Document store
Secondary database modelsRelational 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
Score1.27
Rank#169  Overall
#76  Relational DBMS
Score3.45
Rank#85  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#380  Overall
#50  Document stores
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.18
Rank#332  Overall
#46  Document stores
Websitekx.comhughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlwww.progress.com/­openedgeorigodb.comgithub.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationcode.kx.comdocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latestorigodb.com/­docswww.xtdb.com/­docs
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcHughes TechnologiesProgress Software CorporationRobert Friberg et alJuxt Ltd.
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003199419842009 infounder the name LiveDB2019
Current release3.6, May 20184.4, October 2021OpenEdge 12.2, March 20201.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercial infofree licenses can be providedcommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageqCC#Clojure
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
All OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyes, extensible-data-notation format
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.yesnoyesno infocan be achieved using .NETno
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)A subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersyes infoclose to SQL 92nolimited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
HTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
Progress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language).NetClojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoyesyesno
Triggersyes infowith viewsnoyesyes infoDomain Eventsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningnonehorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4horizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizednone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationyes, each node contains all data
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 ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesdepending on modelno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesnoyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoWrite ahead logyes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsnoUsers and groupsRole based authorization
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KdbmSQL infoMini SQLOpenEdgeOrigoDBXTDB infoformerly named Crux
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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