Introducing kdb+
- kdb+ is a high-performance analytics database optimized for real-time and historical data
- Independently benchmarked* as the fastest in-memory, columnar analytics database available, kdb+ enables enterprises to analyze billions of live events and trillions of historical records while reducing hardware costs
- kdb+ provides data scientists and developers with a centralized, high-performance solution for time series analytics, improving decision-making and efficiency in rapidly changing data environments
*Independently benchmarked by STAC Research
Features
Speed and scalability
Meets your largest data needs in the most demanding environments.
Multiple languages
Supports our native language q, as well as Python, Java, C#, C++, Rust, R, and open-source libraries.
Faster decision-making
Excels at processing both historical and real-time data, enabling rapid, informed decisions.
Cost-effective
Achieves lower TCO with a solution optimized for data storage, performance, and time-series workloads.
Optimize query speed
Columnar design delivers greater speed and efficiency than typical relational databases.
Computationally efficient
Small memory footprint exploits L1/L2 CPU caches up to 100x faster than RAM.
Fast and flexible
Built-in functions for handling time series information provide speed and simplicity when working with data.
Parallel processing
In-memory compute automatically distributes database operations across CPU cores.
Time-series optimized
Time-series optimized with temporal datatypes including nanosecond precision timestamps.
Products
kdb Insights Portfolio
Businesses lose a competitive edge due to slow analytics, spend more because of high infrastructure costs, and forego efficiency because of increasing data volumes. kdb Insights helps you make intelligent decisions no matter how much data you have or how quickly it changes.
KDB.AI
KDB.AI is a powerful vector database that allows you to build scalable, reliable AI applications using real-time data. Build Generative AI applications with advanced search, recommendation, and personalization capabilities.
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kdb Insights Portfolio
Businesses lose a competitive edge due to slow analytics, spend more because of high infrastructure costs, and forego efficiency because of increasing data volumes. kdb Insights helps you make intelligent decisions no matter how much data you have or how quickly it changes.
KDB.AI
KDB.AI is a powerful vector database that allows you to build scalable, reliable AI applications using real-time data. Build Generative AI applications with advanced search, recommendation, and personalization capabilities.
Capabilities
Management Console
Low/No Code Experience
N/A
Real-time Dashboards
Custom Development Required
Additional features
Enhance your kdb+ experience with these additional features.
PyKX
PyKX seamlessly integrates Python with kdb+, allowing developers to harness the speed and efficiency for enhanced analytic capabilities and accelerated development to unlock the full potential of kdb+ in your workflows.
Proven in the toughest data environments, leading global investment banks and data-driven businesses worldwide, kdb+ is ready for your Python time series, machine learning, and AI demands.
Dashboards
KX Dashboards is an interactive data visualization tool that enables non-technical and power users to query, transform, share, and present live data insights.
Support collaboration and communication throughout your organization with out-of-the-box templates, or choose from over 40 drag and drop widgets to fully customize your visualizations.
SQL & PGWire
Bring the familiarity and ease of use of SQL and PGWire to your KX instance, giving your analyst access to the power of kdb+ for efficiency in queries and data visualization. Enhance business intelligence and accelerate app customization while improving queries and data visualization.
SQL: Introduce a robust framework for structured data management so your data engineers can reuse familiar tools for business intelligence, data integration, and data science, accelerating app customization.
PGWire: Bring real-time data and high-performance analytics to a variety of SQL-based business intelligence tools using PGwire for interoperability.
Ready to get hands on?
Get certified in kdb+
Our courses, aimed at beginners and experienced developers, cover the practical usage of kdb+.
KX Academy
Advance your kdb+ learning journey with free, interactive, on-demand training.
KX Community
Connect with experts and get to grips with our world-leading real-time data analytics technology.
Demo the world’s fastest database for vector, time-series, and real-time analytics
Start your journey to becoming an AI-first enterprise with 100x* more performant data and MLOps pipelines.
- Process data at unmatched speed and scale
- Build high-performance data-driven applications
- Turbocharge analytics tools in the cloud, on premise, or at the edge
*Based on time-series queries running in real-world use cases on customer environments.
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