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The self-hosted Kdb+ (KX) alternative

High-performance time-series and vector database with the q language providing real-time and historical data storage, ultra-low-latency queries, high-throughput streaming ingestion, and analytics for financial markets, IoT, and other time-sensitive applications.

Alternatives to Kdb+ (KX)

InfluxDB is an open source time-series database for high-ingest metrics and event data, enabling fast queries for monitoring, dashboards, and real-time analytics.

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What replacing Kdb+ (KX) actually involves

Every option on this page is open source and free to run on your own hardware, so you own the data and there is no subscription to cancel. 1 of 1 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: Apache-2.0. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.

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