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DBMS > Kdb vs. openGemini vs. Snowflake vs. Yaacomo

System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. openGemini vs. Snowflake vs. Yaacomo

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonopenGemini  Xexclude from comparisonSnowflake  Xexclude from comparisonYaacomo  Xexclude from comparison
Yaacomo seems to be discontinued and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSAn open source distributed Time Series DBMS with high concurrency, high performance, and high scalabilityCloud-based data warehousing service for structured and semi-structured dataOpenCL based in-memory RDBMS, designed for efficiently utilizing the hardware via parallel computing
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.09
Rank#361  Overall
#37  Time Series DBMS
Score130.36
Rank#8  Overall
#5  Relational DBMS
Websitekx.comwww.opengemini.org
github.com/­openGemini
www.snowflake.comyaacomo.com
Technical documentationcode.kx.comdocs.opengemini.org/­guidedocs.snowflake.net/­manuals/­index.html
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcHuawei and openGemini communitySnowflake Computing Inc.Q2WEB GmbH
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003202220142009
Current release3.6, May 20181.1, July 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageqGo
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
hostedAndroid
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyes infosupport of semi-structured data formats (JSON, XML, Avro)yes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesInteger, Float, Boolean, Stringyesyes
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
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)SQL-like query languageyesyes
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
HTTP RESTCLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnouser defined functions
Triggersyes infowith viewsnono infosimilar concept for controling cloud resourcesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningShardingyeshorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyesyesSource-replica replication
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 Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDACID
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.yesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsAdministrators and common users accountsUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authenticationfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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KdbopenGeminiSnowflakeYaacomo
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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