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Compare Druid and KX 
Featured Products
At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (57.1% of reviews)
Enterprise (58.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
$0.00
Druid
Star Rating
(31)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (57.1% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about DruidKX
Star Rating
(51)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (58.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00
Browse all 3 pricing plansDruid vs KX
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Druid easier to use. However, KX is easier to set up and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with KX overall.
- Reviewers felt that KX meets the needs of their business better than Druid.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that KX is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of KX over Druid.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Druid
No pricing availableKX
Free
$0.00
Rate-limited plan for quickly and easily getting started with kdb+.
- Fastest query speed
- In-memory compute engine
- Extreme scalability
Free Trial
Druid
Free Trial is available
KX
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.4
20
8.9
35
Ease of Use
8.0
20
6.7
38
Ease of Setup
6.4
7
8.5
24
Ease of Admin
6.4
7
8.9
14
Quality of Support
7.9
18
8.7
33
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
7.7
5
9.0
12
Product Direction (% positive)
7.3
17
8.6
42
Features by Category
Data Management
8.3
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
Integration
Not enough data
Not enough data
7.0
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Deployment
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
Performance
8.3
5
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Support
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Performance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Database Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Storage
8.8
10
8.8
20
7.8
10
9.5
22
Availability
8.7
9
7.9
14
7.6
9
7.6
16
8.3
10
9.0
16
Performance
8.9
9
9.1
17
Security
8.1
8
8.0
15
9.3
7
7.9
18
8.7
10
7.7
14
8.5
8
8.2
16
Support
8.8
10
7.7
11
9.2
11
9.1
16
Data Indexing
Not enough data
8.0
9
Not enough data
9.3
10
Filters
Not enough data
8.5
10
Not enough data
9.1
9
Query latency
Not enough data
8.8
10
Not enough data
8.3
9
Data latency
Not enough data
8.9
9
Not enough data
8.0
9
Connectors
Not enough data
8.0
9
Not enough data
7.0
9
Scale
Not enough data
8.9
9
Not enough data
8.3
10
Architecture
Not enough data
8.1
9
Not enough data
8.3
9
Database
8.5
10
Not enough data
8.7
10
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
Integrations
8.8
8
Not enough data
8.1
9
Not enough data
Platform
8.5
9
Not enough data
8.7
9
Not enough data
8.1
9
Not enough data
Processing
8.6
7
Not enough data
8.7
9
Not enough data
Building Reports
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Druid and KX are categorized as Real-time Analytic Database, Time Series Databases, and Columnar Databases
Unique Categories
Druid is categorized as Relational Databases, Data Warehouse, and Big Data Processing and Distribution
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Druid
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
KX
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Computer Software
28.6%
Telecommunications
10.7%
Leisure, Travel & Tourism
10.7%
Retail
7.1%
Information Technology and Services
7.1%
Other
35.7%
Financial Services
46.0%
Banking
12.0%
Capital Markets
10.0%
Investment Banking
6.0%
Investment Management
4.0%
Other
22.0%
Alternatives
Discussions
Is it good to use Druid (for a small dataset) as an in-memory database ?
1 Comment
DG
Yes it is good for medium size data sets to big scale datasetsRead more
Druid has no more discussions with answers
KX has no discussions with answers
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