Kx

Name

Kx

Legal name

KX Software Limited

Website

https://kx.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Time-series database and real-time analytics platform

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518210)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Time-Series Databases (HDAEAAAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Multi-Model Databases (HDAEAAAL), Dashboarding & KPI/Performance Management (HDAEAMAF), Real-Time Market Data Feeds & Terminals (FSAFAIAA), Alternative Data & Data Science Analytics (FSACAGAI)

Keywords

• Time-series database
• Capital markets analytics
• Vector database
• Real-time data processing
• Financial trading software

Headquarters

HQ city

Newry

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Software Licenses and Subscriptions: Revenue from licensing kdb+, KDB-X, KDB.AI, kdb Insights, and related software products on subscription basis with various usage metrics (cores, RAM, users).
2. Enterprise Software Licenses: Enterprise licensing of kdb Insights Enterprise with free trial starting point, convertible to paid subscription.
3. Professional Services: Implementation, training, and consulting services for enterprise deployments.
4. OEM Licensing: OEM partners license KX software embedded in their applications with fees based on order forms.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Kx develops and sells a high-performance time-series database and analytics platform built on kdb+ and the newer KDB-X engine, enabling sub-millisecond real-time processing, vector search, and GPU-accelerated AI workloads. The portfolio targets capital markets trading, surveillance, and quantitative research, complemented by managed market data (OneTick), cloud-native analytics (kdb Insights), and industry solutions for defense, IoT, and other data-intensive sectors.

Product overview

KX offers a comprehensive portfolio of time-series analytics and AI products built on the world's fastest kdb+ database. The core offering consists of kdb+ (the foundational time-series database), KDB-X (next-generation unified compute engine combining time-series, vector search, and GPU compute), and kdb Insights (cloud-native analytics platform). These are complemented by specialized modules including KDB.AI (vector database for AI/analytics), OneTick Cloud and OneTick Market Data (managed market data), KX Surveillance and OneTick Trade Surveillance (compliance solutions), KX Dashboards (visualization), KX Delta Platform and KX Sensors (defense and IoT solutions), PyKX (Python integration), KX Feedhandlers (data connectivity), and KX Accelerators (development tools). The platform is AI-ready, supporting GPU acceleration via NVIDIA, multimodal data processing, and autonomous agent workflows for capital markets applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• kdb+: World's fastest time-series database and in-memory compute engine for real-time and historical data.
• kdb Insights
• KDB-X
• KDB.AI
• OneTick
• PyKX
• KX Dashboards
• KX Surveillance
• KX Delta Platform
• KX Sensors
• OneTick Cloud

Quantifiable outcome

• 100X faster and 1/10th the cost for time-series data than stacks built on Snowflake, Databricks, and Dataiku
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration11 records

AI capability12 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• WaveMakercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 May 2026Partnership to develop agentic AI trading workflow environments for front-office operations. KX technology integrated into WaveMaker's agentic AI application generation system for capital markets.
• NVIDIAcoreTechnology or Integration · 2 April 2026NVIDIA partnership for GPU-accelerated analytics and AI solutions. KDB-X GPU Acceleration leverages NVIDIA GPUs for enhanced time-series and AI workloads. Partnership includes KX-NVIDIA AIQ Blueprint for agentic financial research.
• ATFXcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 December 2025Strategic data infrastructure collaboration integrating KX's kdb+, KDB-X platform, and AI-powered tools into ATFX's trading operations. Enables real-time analytics, automated workflows, and improved client reporting capabilities for the global FX and CFDs broker serving hundreds of tradable instruments.
• AWScoreTechnology or IntegrationAWS Marketplace partnership for kdb Insights Portfolio deployment. Enables rapid deployment of time-series analytics on AWS cloud with seamless integration to Lambda, S3, and Redshift services.
• Google CloudcoreTechnology or IntegrationGoogle Cloud Marketplace partnership for KDB Insights SDK and Insights Enterprise. Provides deployment options on GCP with hybrid environment support and AI-enhanced analytics capabilities.
• Microsoft AzurecoreTechnology or IntegrationAzure Marketplace partnership for kdb Insights Platform as managed app. Enables rapid, reliable time-series analytics with Azure ecosystem agility and scalability.
• First DerivativeminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerFirst Derivative (now part of EPAM) provides implementation and consulting services for KX solutions. Northern Ireland-based fintech company active in Singapore market.
• Invest Northern IrelandminorGTM or Marketing PartnerInvest Northern Ireland promotes KX and other Northern Ireland tech companies as partners for Singapore businesses under UK-Singapore trade agreements.
• KPMGminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConsulting partnership for financial services implementations.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• ClickHouse: Open-source columnar OLAP database explicitly benchmarked by Kx. Competes head-to-head with kdb+/KDB-X on time-series and real-time analytics workloads across capital markets and adjacent verticals.
• Timescale (TigerData): PostgreSQL-based time-series database and a direct competitor highlighted in Kx's own TSBS benchmarking. Targets the same real-time analytics and IoT use cases with a strong open-source community.
• QuestDB: Open-source time-series database purpose-built for high-performance financial and IoT data ingestion. Directly compared to KDB-X in Kx's published benchmarks as a fast-growing open-source alternative.
• InfluxDB: Time-series database widely deployed for IoT and operational monitoring. Competes with kdb+ and KX Sensors for streaming and sensor workloads across industrial and enterprise customers.
• OneMarketData: Provider of normalized tick history and market data, now a wholly-owned Kx subsidiary post-September 2025 acquisition. Most directly comparable in market-data and surveillance functionality.

Broad incumbents

• MongoDB: General-purpose NoSQL database that has added native time-series collections. Offers broader developer reach than Kx and overlaps in analytics use cases, though less specialized for capital markets latency.
• Snowflake: Cloud data warehouse with an existing partnership with KX and growing native time-series and vector capabilities. Represents both a distribution channel and a structural competitive threat to Kx's analytics layer.
• Databricks: Unified analytics and lakehouse platform with an existing KX integration. Competes with Kx for high-end analytics workloads while also serving as a complementary compute layer for KDB-X deployments.
• LSEG (Refinitiv): Global market-data and analytics incumbent and KX data partner. Overlaps in real-time market data feeds and capital markets analytics but is far broader in scope across asset classes and reference data.

Emerging players

• Pinecone: Managed vector database focused on AI/RAG workloads, the same category KDB.AI targets. While not focused on financial time-series, it represents a competitive vector-database alternative for enterprise AI customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/kxsystems
• GitHubgithub.com/KxSystems
• YouTubeyoutube.com/KxSystems
• Facebookfacebook.com/kxsystems
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/144302

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Kx