We performed a comparison between kdb+ and SQL Server based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Oracle, SAP and others in Relational Databases Tools."The solution returns data quickly, and data retrieval is fast in kdb+."
"It helps with moving the design of the database into reality."
"It will do clustering, so you can have two database servers looking at the same data simultaneously."
"SQL Server's Management Studio is very user friendly. I like their database and the additional features it offers. It's also easy to integrate SQL Server with things like CLR, PowerShell, and command shell"
"It's great that the nodes are synchronized so if you lose one it automatically moves to another."
"The solution seems to be pretty flexible."
"It is a stable product, and it runs seamlessly. It is not complex."
"I have found the most valuable features to be the flexibility and the vast amount of features available."
"We have found the feature that allows us to publish web applications to be valuable."
"The solution should have a more user-friendly user interface."
"We pay a license fee, it could always be cheaper."
"I would like to see native plugins built for other platforms versus having to buy third-party plugins to tap into S3 buckets and AWS Cloud. Right now, it does not have those built-in plugins."
"Linux-based editions are not yet proven to be on par with Windows deployments."
"While using it, we really didn't experience any pain points."
"We need it to support Linux for better troubleshooting flexibility."
"Only one CPU core can be used. Can’t move a database between servers easily. Can’t use triggers."
"The scalability and the high availability feature can be expanded or improved. Currently, there is a limitation on scalability. A feature similar to the Oracle Diagnostic feature can be included to provide a better user experience."
"Sometimes we experience issues with its stability."
kdb+ is ranked 19th in Relational Databases Tools with 1 review while SQL Server is ranked 1st in Relational Databases Tools with 260 reviews. kdb+ is rated 9.0, while SQL Server is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of kdb+ writes "An easy-to-deploy solution that can be used for data ingestion and usage". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SQL Server writes "Easy to use and provides good speed and data recovery". kdb+ is most compared with Oracle Database In-Memory, MariaDB and SingleStore, whereas SQL Server is most compared with MariaDB, SAP HANA, Oracle Database, LocalDB and IBM Db2 Database.
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