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We power the time-aware data-driven decisions that enable fast-moving organizations to realize the full potential of their AI investments and outpace competitors. Our technology delivers transformational value by addressing data challenges around completeness, timeliness, and efficiency. We enable organizations to understand change over time and generate faster, more accurate insights — at any scale, and with cost efficiency. Our technology is essential to the operations of the world's top investment banks, aerospace and defense, high-tech manufacturing, healthcare and life sciences, automotive, and fleet telematics organizations. The primary audience for KX encompasses line-of-business leaders, developers, data scientists, and data engineers who require sophisticated analytics capabilities to create high-performance, data-driven applications. With its unmatched speed and scalability, KX allows users to efficiently process large volumes of data, whether in cloud environments, on-premises, or at the edge. This flexibility ensures that organizations can integrate KX technology into their existing workflows seamlessly, enhancing their analytical capabilities without causing disruptions to ongoing operations. KX distinguishes itself in the analytics landscape through its independently benchmarked performance, recognized as the fastest available on the market. This speed is vital for businesses that depend on real-time data insights to inform their decision-making processes. By enabling users to uncover richer, actionable insights quickly, KX facilitates faster and more informed choices, driving competitive advantage and transformative growth. Its ability to manage complex data sets and deliver insights promptly is particularly advantageous for industries that operate in fast-paced environments, where timely information is critical. Key features of KX include advanced time series and vector data analytics capabilities, which enable efficient management and analysis of extensive data volumes. Furthermore, KX integrates seamlessly with popular analytics tools, enhancing their performance and allowing users to maximize their existing investments. The platform's architecture is designed for high performance, ensuring that organizations can scale their analytics operations as needed without sacrificing speed or efficiency. With a global presence across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, KX is trusted by leading organizations to spearhead their data and AI initiatives. By providing a powerful analytics solution, KX not only enhances operational efficiency but also fosters a culture of innovation, empowering businesses to remain competitive in an increasingly data-driven world.

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Kenan D.

KDB+/q Developer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/1/2025

"KX is an incredible company with the best time-series database in the world."

5/5

What do you like best about KX?

The continuous growth and improvement despite being the best in the world at what they do. Their platform, support and development are second to none. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KX?

Nothing against KX, rather there is not much external material on KDB so the learning curve is a bit steep. But once you understand how it works there is no better tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Yiorgos [George] A.

DevOps Engineer

Financial Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/18/2024

"It is worth the effort"

3.5/5

What do you like best about KX?

The teseness of the language. It allows for expressing a lot in the monitor area Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KX?

The license that I have to renew yearly. I mean come on! I am a hobby user. I definitely do not run it daily and it is a product you want to gain popularity. Make-it-easy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is KX solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am not solving any business problem for my employer with Kx. What I am trying to do though is to make it a replacement for Prometheus. I hate PromQL. So in an ideal world I want a prometheus remote_write API to store in a Kx and be able to run queries there, that are longer than the 15 days time span that Prometheus is optimized for. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Alex T.

KDB+ developer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

12/16/2024

"The best ecosystem for quants and data engineers"

5/5

What do you like best about KX?

- You can feel that the product is made with love. The syntax is very powerful, so you can write short statements instead of long SQL queries

- Speed is insane.

- Good integration with other technologies and tools like python and Java

- The ecosystem is just nice, everything is in place, language, documentation, vs code plugin, own IDE (KX developer), dashboards.

- Good community usually questions on StackOverflow answered on the same day, also they have a forum, free courses and a Slack community Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KX?

- Not so many companies use it, although it is very popular in the finance sector

- It requires knowledge, time, and dedication, but which tool is not?

- No so many open source projects to learn from Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Adam C.

senior developer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/1/2025

"I've about 1.5 years experience in kdb+/q working in the front office."

3/5

What do you like best about KX?

very fast in memory database in the world Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KX?

The q language is very cryptic and difficult to program. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Harmanjeet S.

Kdb+/q developer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

12/17/2024

"Pushing the boundaries of real time processing using Kx"

4.5/5

What do you like best about KX?

The thing i like about kx is the platform supports high performance stream processing which makes it very beneficial for many industries which require real time decision making especially in financial domain. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KX?

Its steep learning curve for beginners. Difficulty in code debugging when you've just started. But it gets easier when you get good understanding.. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Investment Banking

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

12/18/2024

"KX-Dashboard provides quick way to create a real-time dashboard"

5/5

What do you like best about KX?

I use KX's kx-dashboard product to create user reports/dashboards , I found it very easy to create the user reports / dashboard using ox-dashboard.

In our organisation we have moved from very wel know dashboard creation product to kx-dashboard . As we found it is faster and has few better functionalities like breadcrum and pivote data grid.

I have also created this https://lnkd.in/dWFzFtCe video to showcase how can we create real-time dashboard using ox product .. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KX?

Steep Learning curve .

For learning KX kdb it does take some time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kim Chuan O.

Business Project Manager

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

10/23/2024

"KX has listens to our requests and makes recommendations and proposals for the client."

4/5

What do you like best about KX?

KX has been attentive to the client's needs and will accomodate client's demands and requests to the best of their abilities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KX?

As a seasoned developer in the software industry, KX can drive the core standards for the client to level up, especially for clients lack expertise in the specialisd field. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is KX solving and how is that benefiting you?

KX is helping my firm in the Surveillance System. My firm is taking in trading data from more than 50 platforms and most of them had to be integrated into the surveillance system for monitoring purposes. KX has the capability to take in the data across the multitude of platforms in specific format. They also have the market abuse scenarios ready for implementation upon selection by the client. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Adnan S.

Quantitative Analyst

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/21/2025

"KX is highly optimized for time-series data handling and database operations."

4.5/5

What do you like best about KX?

Firstly Exceptional speed in processing time-series data.Apart from that I personally like the PyKX which is fantastic to work on combine on both Python and KX. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KX?

I don't dislike just that it usually is not very easy to learn languages and other Stuff but you require dedication. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/27/2024

"Very good for kdb experts"

4/5

What do you like best about KX?

it is complex but its very very fast and efficient for columner data manupulation and aggregation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KX?

it has a very steep learning curve and takes a long time to discover and write most efficient code. it being a niche product also limits the amount to help you can find on the internet Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Alexander U.

Consultant

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/3/2024

"Best array programming language for big data"

5/5

What do you like best about KX?

KDB/Q is a great programming language, very powerful, after you learn the syntax you becoming highly efficient in solving problems Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KX?

Nothing really. I would love to see a bigger user community but that's about it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.