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DBMS > Kdb vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. SQream DB vs. Stardog

System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. SQream DB vs. Stardog

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparisonSQream DB  Xexclude from comparisonStardog  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSRDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environmentsa GPU-based, columnar RDBMS for big data analytics workloadsEnterprise Knowledge Graph platform and graph DBMS with high availability, high performance reasoning, and virtualization
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsRelational 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
Score3.50
Rank#81  Overall
#44  Relational DBMS
Score0.62
Rank#234  Overall
#109  Relational DBMS
Score1.93
Rank#121  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
#6  RDF stores
Websitekx.comwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.htmlsqream.comwww.stardog.com
Technical documentationcode.kx.comhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywheredocs.sqream.comdocs.stardog.com
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcSAP infoformerly SybaseSQream TechnologiesStardog-Union
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003199220172010
Current release3.6, May 201817, July 20152022.1.6, December 20227.3.0, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialcommercialcommercial info60-day fully-featured trial license; 1-year fully-featured non-commercial use license for academics/students
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageqC++, CUDA, Haskell, Java, ScalaJava
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema support
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes, ANSI Standard SQL Typesyes
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.yesyesno infoImport/export of XML data possible
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesnoyes infosupports real-time indexing in full-text and geospatial
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)yesyesYes, compatible with all major SQL variants through dedicated BI/SQL Server
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
ADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Jena RDF API
OWL
RDF4J API
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SNARL
SPARQL
Spring Data
Stardog Studio
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
Clojure
Groovy
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perluser defined functions in Pythonuser defined functions and aggregates, HTTP Server extensions in Java
Triggersyes infowith viewsyesnoyes infovia event handlers
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningnonehorizontal and vertical partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroringnoneMulti-source replication in HA-Cluster
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 ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in HA-Cluster
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes inforelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACID
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.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and roles
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KdbSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server AnywhereSQream DBStardog
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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