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DBMS > Adabas vs. AgensGraph vs. AlaSQL vs. Databend vs. FileMaker

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. AgensGraph vs. AlaSQL vs. Databend vs. FileMaker

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDatabend  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLJavaScript DBMS libraryAn open-source, elastic, and workload-aware cloud data warehouse designed to meet businesses' massive-scale analytics needs at low cost and with low complexityFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.64
Rank#104  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#320  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
#143  Relational DBMS
Score0.42
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Score0.28
Rank#287  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score45.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlbitnine.net/­agensgraphalasql.orggithub.com/­datafuselabs/­databend
www.databend.com
www.claris.com/­filemaker
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.databend.comwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperSoftware AGBitnine Global Inc.Andrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffDatabend LabsClaris infoa subsidiary of Apple
Initial release19712016201420211983
Current release2.1, December 20181.0.59, April 202319.4.1, November 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCJavaScriptRust
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hosted
Linux
macOS
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesdepending on used data modelschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesyes
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.nonononoyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML format
Secondary indexesyesyesnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL GatewayyesClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesyes infovia plugins
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
Cypher Query Language
JDBC
JavaScript APICLI Client
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesNaturalC
Java
JavaScript
Python
JavaScriptGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
PHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturalyesnonoyes
Triggersnonoyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas Vistano, but can be realized using table inheritancenonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event ReplicatorSource-replica replicationnonenoneSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageyesno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user rolessimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory services

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