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DBMS > Kdb vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. Snowflake vs. TDengine

System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. Snowflake vs. TDengine

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparisonSnowflake  Xexclude from comparisonTDengine  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSRDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environmentsCloud-based data warehousing service for structured and semi-structured dataTime Series DBMS and big data platform
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational 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
Score4.25
Rank#79  Overall
#43  Relational DBMS
Score121.33
Rank#9  Overall
#6  Relational DBMS
Score2.60
Rank#107  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Websitekx.comwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.htmlwww.snowflake.comgithub.com/­taosdata/­TDengine
tdengine.com
Technical documentationcode.kx.comhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywheredocs.snowflake.net/­manuals/­index.htmldocs.tdengine.com
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcSAP infoformerly SybaseSnowflake Computing Inc.TDEngine, previously Taos Data
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003199220142019
Current release3.6, May 201817, July 20153.0, August 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialcommercialOpen Source infoAGPL V3, also commercial editions available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageqC
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hostedLinux
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyes infosupport of semi-structured data formats (JSON, XML, Avro)yes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.yesyesyesno
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)yesyesStandard SQL with extensions for time-series applications
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
ADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
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
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perluser defined functionsno
Triggersyes infowith viewsyesno infosimilar concept for controling cloud resourcesyes, via alarm monitoring
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningnoneyesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroringyesyes
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 ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesno
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 accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authenticationyes
More information provided by the system vendor
KdbSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server AnywhereSnowflakeTDengine
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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TDengine™ is a next generation data historian purpose-built for Industry 4.0 and...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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High Performance at any Scale: TDengine is purpose-built for handling massive industrial...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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TDengine is designed for Industrial IoT scenarios, including: Manufacturing Connected...
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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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TDengine has garnered over 22,500 stars on GitHub and is used in over 50 countries...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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TDengine OSS is an open source, cloud native time series database. It includes built-in...
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