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DBMS > Kinetica vs. ObjectBox vs. Quasardb vs. SiteWhere

System Properties Comparison Kinetica vs. ObjectBox vs. Quasardb vs. SiteWhere

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NameKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.66
Rank#234  Overall
#107  Relational DBMS
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
#7  Vector DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#322  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#383  Overall
#43  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.kinetica.comgithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
quasar.aigithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewhere
Technical documentationdocs.kinetica.comdocs.objectbox.iodoc.quasar.ai/­mastersitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.html
DeveloperKineticaObjectBox LimitedquasardbSiteWhere
Initial release2012201720092010
Current release7.1, August 20214.0 (May 2024)3.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0commercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC, C++C and C++C++Java
Server operating systemsLinuxAndroid
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freepredefined scheme
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes, plus "flex" map-like typesyes infointeger and binaryyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infowith tagsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Proprietary native APIHTTP APIHTTP REST
Supported programming languagesC++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnono
Triggersyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangenono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding infoconsistent hashingSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlineSource-replica replication with selectable replication factorselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonowith Hadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoby using LevelDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMnoyes infoTransient modeno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles on table levelyesCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailUsers with fine-grained authorization concept
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