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

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBSpatial extension of SQLiteA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document storeSpatial DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Search engine
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score7.73
Rank#45  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#180  Overall
#31  Document stores
Score1.56
Rank#142  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Score0.01
Rank#378  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websitekx.comrockset.comwww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­indexgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationcode.kx.comdocs.rockset.comwww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.html
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcRocksetAlessandro FurieriAlex Kashirin
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003201920082020
Current release3.6, May 20185.0.0, August 20200.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialOpen Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1Open Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageqC++C++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hostedserver-lessLinux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesdynamic typingyes
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 infoingestion from XML files supportednono
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'all fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)Read-only SQL queries, including JOINsyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
HTTP RESTProprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnonono
Triggersyes infowith viewsnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningAutomatic shardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes
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.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleno
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KdbRocksetSpatiaLiteSWC-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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