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System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. OrigoDB vs. QuestDB vs. Ultipa

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonUltipa  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataHigh performance Graph DBMS supporting HTAP high availability cluster deployment
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document store
Object oriented DBMS
Time Series DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#380  Overall
#50  Document stores
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score0.19
Rank#330  Overall
#30  Graph DBMS
Websitekx.comorigodb.comquestdb.iowww.ultipa.com
Technical documentationcode.kx.comorigodb.com/­docsquestdb.io/­docswww.ultipa.com/­document
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcRobert Friberg et alQuestDB Technology IncUltipa
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032009 infounder the name LiveDB20142019
Current release3.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageqC#Java (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocol
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyes
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.yesno infocan be achieved using .NETno
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)noSQL with time-series extensions
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.NetC infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyesno
Triggersyes infowith viewsyes infoDomain Eventsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioninghorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedhorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication with eventual consistency
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
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesdepending on modelno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID for single-table writes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoWrite ahead logyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsRole based authorization
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KdbOrigoDBQuestDBUltipa
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Relational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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High ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Financial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Banks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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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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Open source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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