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DBMS > Kdb vs. Titan vs. Yaacomo vs. YottaDB

System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. Titan vs. Yaacomo vs. YottaDB

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonTitan  Xexclude from comparisonYaacomo  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
Titan has been decommisioned after the takeover by Datastax. It will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking. A fork has been open-sourced as JanusGraph.Yaacomo seems to be discontinued and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSTitan is a Graph DBMS optimized for distributed clusters.OpenCL based in-memory RDBMS, designed for efficiently utilizing the hardware via parallel computingA fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Graph DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.28
Rank#306  Overall
#44  Key-value stores
Websitekx.comgithub.com/­thinkaurelius/­titanyaacomo.comyottadb.com
Technical documentationcode.kx.comgithub.com/­thinkaurelius/­titan/­wikiyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcAurelius, owned by DataStaxQ2WEB GmbHYottaDB, LLC
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003201220092001
Current release3.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoApache license, version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageqJavaC
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Android
Linux
Windows
Docker
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)noyesby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Java API
TinkerPop Blueprints
TinkerPop Frames
TinkerPop Gremlin
TinkerPop Rexster
JDBC
ODBC
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
Clojure
Java
Python
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyes
Triggersyes infowith viewsyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningyes infovia pluggable storage backendshorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyesSource-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingyes infovia Faunus, a graph analytics enginenono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infoRelationships in graphyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDoptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoSupports various storage backends: Cassandra, HBase, Berkeley DB, Akiban, Hazelcastyesyes
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 accountsUser authentification and security via Rexster Graph Serverfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms
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KdbTitanYaacomoYottaDB
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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