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DBMS > Kdb vs. OpenQM vs. Qdrant vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. Vertica

System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. OpenQM vs. Qdrant vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. Vertica

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonQdrant  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparisonVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSA high-performance vector database with neural network or semantic-based matchingRDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environmentsCloud or off-cloud analytical database and query engine for structured and semi-structured streaming and batch data. Machine learning platform with built-in algorithms, data preparation capabilities, and model evaluation and management via SQL or Python.
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Multivalue DBMSVector DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infoColumn oriented
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Time 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
Score0.27
Rank#298  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score1.16
Rank#175  Overall
#6  Vector DBMS
Score4.25
Rank#79  Overall
#43  Relational DBMS
Score10.68
Rank#43  Overall
#27  Relational DBMS
Websitekx.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmgithub.com/­qdrant/­qdrant
qdrant.tech
www.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.htmlwww.vertica.com
Technical documentationcode.kx.comqdrant.tech/­documentationhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywherevertica.com/­documentation
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcRocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsQdrantSAP infoformerly SybaseOpenText infopreviously Micro Focus and Hewlett Packard
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20031993202119922005
Current release3.6, May 20183.4-1217, July 201512.0.3, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialcommercial infoLimited community edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono infoon-premises, all major clouds - Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and containers
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Implementation languageqRustC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyes infowith some exceptionsschema-freeyesYes, but also semi-structure/unstructured data storage, and complex hierarchical data (like Parquet) stored and/or queried.
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumbers, Strings, Geo, Booleanyesyes
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.yesyesnoyesno
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyes infoKeywords, numberic ranges, geo, full-textyesNo Indexes Required. Different internal optimization strategy, but same functionality included.
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)nonoyesFull 1999 standard plus machine learning, time series and geospatial. Over 650 functions.
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
gRPC
OpenAPI 3.0
RESTful HTTP/JSON API infoOpenAPI 3.0
ADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spark Connector
vSQL infocharacter-based, interactive, front-end utility
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyesyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perlyes, PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL, with minor differences
Triggersyes infowith viewsyesyesyes, called Custom Alerts
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningyesShardingnonehorizontal partitioning, hierarchical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyesCollection-level replicationSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroringMulti-source replication infoOne, or more copies of data replicated across nodes, or object-store used for repository.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnononono infoBi-directional Spark integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency, tunable consistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACID
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.yesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelKey-based authenticationfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard; supports Kerberos, LDAP, Ident and hash
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KdbOpenQM infoalso called QMQdrantSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server AnywhereVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Deploy-anywhere database for large-scale analytical deployments. Deploy off-cloud,...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Fast, scalable, and capable of high concurrency. Separation of compute/storage leverages...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Communication and network analytics, Embedded analytics, Fraud monitoring and Risk...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Abiba Systems, Adform, adMarketplace, AmeriPride, Anritsu, AOL, Avito, Auckland Transport,...
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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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Cost-based models and subscription-based models are both available. One license is...
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