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DBMS > Kdb vs. Riak KV vs. Riak TS vs. Rockset

System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. Riak KV vs. Riak TS vs. Rockset

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonRiak KV  Xexclude from comparisonRiak TS  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSDistributed, fault tolerant key-value storeRiak TS is a distributed NoSQL database optimized for time series data and based on Riak KVA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Key-value store infowith links between data sets and object tags for the creation of secondary indexesTime Series DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score4.01
Rank#79  Overall
#9  Key-value stores
Score0.28
Rank#307  Overall
#27  Time Series DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Websitekx.comrockset.com
Technical documentationcode.kx.comwww.tiot.jp/­riak-docs/­riak/­kv/­latestwww.tiot.jp/­riak-docs/­riak/­ts/­latestdocs.rockset.com
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcOpenSource, formerly Basho TechnologiesOpen Source, formerly Basho TechnologiesRockset
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003200920152019
Current release3.6, May 20183.2.0, December 20223.0.0, September 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoApache version 2, commercial enterprise editionOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
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Implementation languageqErlangErlangC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Linux
OS X
hosted
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnonodynamic typing
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 infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'restrictedrestrictedall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)noyes, limitedRead-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
HTTP API
Native Erlang Interface
HTTP API
Native Erlang Interface
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C infounofficial client library
C#
C++ infounofficial client library
Clojure infounofficial client library
Dart infounofficial client library
Erlang
Go infounofficial client library
Groovy infounofficial client library
Haskell infounofficial client library
Java
JavaScript infounofficial client library
Lisp infounofficial client library
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala infounofficial client library
Smalltalk infounofficial client library
C infounofficial client library
C#
C++ infounofficial client library
Clojure infounofficial client library
Dart infounofficial client library
Erlang
Go infounofficial client library
Groovy infounofficial client library
Haskell infounofficial client library
Java
JavaScript infounofficial client library
Lisp infounofficial client library
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala infounofficial client library
Smalltalk infounofficial client library
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsErlangErlangno
Triggersyes infowith viewsyes infopre-commit hooks and post-commit hooksyes infopre-commit hooks and post-commit hooksno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningSharding infono "single point of failure"ShardingAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationselectable replication factorselectable replication factoryes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno infolinks between data sets can be storedno infolinks between datasets can be storedno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononono
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.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsyes, using Riak SecuritynoAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console
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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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