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DBMS > Kdb vs. OpenTSDB vs. PostGIS vs. TDengine

System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. OpenTSDB vs. PostGIS vs. TDengine

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonOpenTSDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonTDengine  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSScalable Time Series DBMS based on HBaseSpatial extension of PostgreSQLTime Series DBMS and big data platform
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMSSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score7.73
Rank#45  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score1.59
Rank#140  Overall
#12  Time Series DBMS
Score20.16
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score2.48
Rank#107  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Websitekx.comopentsdb.netpostgis.netgithub.com/­taosdata/­TDengine
tdengine.com
Technical documentationcode.kx.comopentsdb.net/­docs/­build/­html/­index.htmlpostgis.net/­documentationdocs.tdengine.com
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plccurrently maintained by Yahoo and other contributorsTDEngine, previously Taos Data
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003201120052019
Current release3.6, May 20183.4.2, February 20243.0, August 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoLGPLOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoAGPL V3, also commercial editions available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageqJavaCC
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnumeric data for metrics, strings for tagsyesyes
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
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'noyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)noyesStandard SQL with extensions for time-series applications
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
HTTP API
Telnet API
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
Erlang
Go
Java
Python
R
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnouser defined functionsno
Triggersyes infowith viewsnoyesyes, via alarm monitoring
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningSharding infobased on HBaseyes infobased on PostgreSQLSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor infobased on HBaseyes infobased on PostgreSQLyes
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 infobased on HBaseImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsnoyes infobased on PostgreSQLyes
More information provided by the system vendor
KdbOpenTSDBPostGISTDengine
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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TDengineā„¢ is a time-series database designed to help traditional industries overcome...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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High Performance at Any Scale: With its distributed scalable architecture that grows...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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TDengine is purpose-built for Industry 4.0 and the Industrial IoT (IIoT) and particularly...
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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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TDengine has garnered over 23,000 stars on GitHub and is used in over 50 countries...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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TDengine OSS is free, open-source software released under the AGPLv3. TDengine Enterprise...
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