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System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. OrientDB vs. SpatiaLite vs. SWC-DB

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)Spatial extension of SQLiteA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Spatial DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational 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
Score3.19
Rank#93  Overall
#16  Document stores
#7  Graph DBMS
#14  Key-value stores
Score1.60
Rank#149  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Score0.01
Rank#376  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websitekx.comorientdb.orgwww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­indexgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationcode.kx.comwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmlwww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.html
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPAlessandro FurieriAlex Kashirin
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003201020082020
Current release3.6, May 20183.2.29, March 20245.0.0, August 20200.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1Open Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageqJavaC++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)server-lessLinux
Data schemeyesschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")yesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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'yesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)SQL-like query language, no joinsyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsJava, Javascriptnono
Triggersyes infowith viewsHooksyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationMulti-source replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingno infocould be achieved with distributed queriesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes inforelationship in graphsyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID
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.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurableno
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KdbOrientDBSpatiaLiteSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database
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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