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DBMS > Kdb vs. OpenQM vs. Pinecone vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. Transwarp StellarDB

System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. OpenQM vs. Pinecone vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. Transwarp StellarDB

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp StellarDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSA managed, cloud-native vector databaseRDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environmentsA distributed graph DBMS built for enterprise-level graph applications
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Multivalue DBMSVector DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational 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
Score0.27
Rank#298  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score3.16
Rank#95  Overall
#2  Vector DBMS
Score4.25
Rank#79  Overall
#43  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#39  Graph DBMS
Websitekx.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmwww.pinecone.iowww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.htmlwww.transwarp.cn/­en/­product/­stellardb
Technical documentationcode.kx.comdocs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overviewhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywhere
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcRocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsPinecone Systems, IncSAP infoformerly SybaseTranswarp
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003199320191992
Current release3.6, May 20183.4-1217, July 2015
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availablecommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageq
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
hostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyes infowith some exceptionsyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesString, Number, Booleanyes
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.yesyesnoyes
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)nonoyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
RESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
OpenCypher
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
PythonC
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyesyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perl
Triggersyes infowith viewsyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningyesnonehorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyesSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroring
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID
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.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes
More information provided by the system vendor
KdbOpenQM infoalso called QMPineconeSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server AnywhereTranswarp StellarDB
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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