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DBMS > Kdb vs. Sequoiadb vs. Teradata vs. YottaDB

System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. Sequoiadb vs. Teradata vs. YottaDB

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparisonTeradata  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQLA hybrid cloud data analytics software platform (Teradata Vantage)A fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
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
Score0.50
Rank#258  Overall
#41  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Score44.87
Rank#22  Overall
#15  Relational DBMS
Score0.28
Rank#306  Overall
#44  Key-value stores
Websitekx.comwww.sequoiadb.comwww.teradata.comyottadb.com
Technical documentationcode.kx.comwww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=indexdocs.teradata.comyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcSequoiadb Ltd.TeradataYottaDB, LLC
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003201319842001
Current release3.6, May 2018Teradata Vantage 1.0 MU2, January 2019
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2commercialOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageqC++C
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linuxhosted
Linux
Docker
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regexyesno
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.yesnoyesno
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyes infoJoin-index to prejoin tables, aggregate index, sparse index, hash indexno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)SQL-like query languageyes infoSQL 2016 + extensionsby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
proprietary protocol using JSON.NET Client API
HTTP REST
JDBC
JMS Adapter
ODBC
OLE DB
PostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
C
C++
Cobol
Java (JDBC-ODBC)
Perl
PL/1
Python
R
Ruby
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsJavaScriptyes infoUDFs, stored procedures, table functions in parallel
Triggersyes infowith viewsnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningShardingSharding infoHashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes
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 datanoDocument is locked during a transactionACIDoptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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.yesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountssimple password-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms
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KdbSequoiadbTeradataYottaDB
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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