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System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. Teradata vs. TerminusDB vs. VelocityDB vs. Yanza

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonTeradata  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparisonYanza  Xexclude from comparison
Yanza seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSA hybrid cloud data analytics software platform (Teradata Vantage)Scalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationshipsA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)Time Series DBMS for IoT Applications
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSGraph DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document store
RDF store
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
Score45.33
Rank#21  Overall
#15  Relational DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#325  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
Score0.05
Rank#358  Overall
#36  Graph DBMS
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websitekx.comwww.teradata.comterminusdb.comvelocitydb.comyanza.com
Technical documentationcode.kx.comdocs.teradata.comterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#velocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcTeradataDataChemist Ltd.VelocityDB IncYanza
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20031984201820112015
Current release3.6, May 2018Teradata Vantage 1.0 MU2, January 201911.0.0, January 20237.x
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialOpen Source infoGPL V3commercialcommercial infofree version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono infobut mainly used as a service provided by Yanza
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Implementation languageqProlog, RustC#
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hosted
Linux
LinuxAny that supports .NETWindows
Data schemeyesyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesno
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.yesyesnonono
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes infoJoin-index to prejoin tables, aggregate index, sparse index, hash indexyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)yes infoSQL 2016 + extensionsSQL-like query language (WOQL)nono
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
.NET Client API
HTTP REST
JDBC
JMS Adapter
ODBC
OLE DB
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
.NetHTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C
C++
Cobol
Java (JDBC-ODBC)
Perl
PL/1
Python
R
Ruby
JavaScript
Python
.Netany language that supports HTTP calls
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyes infoUDFs, stored procedures, table functions in parallelyesnono
Triggersyes infowith viewsyesyesCallbacks are triggered when data changesyes infoTimer and event based
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningSharding infoHashingGraph PartitioningShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Journaling Streamsnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoin-memory journalingyesyes
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-standardRole-based access controlBased on Windows Authenticationno
More information provided by the system vendor
KdbTeradataTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemistVelocityDBYanza
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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