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System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. AgensGraph vs. Apache Drill vs. ArangoDB vs. STSdb

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  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 PostgreSQLSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageNative multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.Key-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Key-value store
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Score3.58
Rank#91  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.16
Rank#333  Overall
#30  Graph DBMS
#146  Relational DBMS
Score2.28
Rank#119  Overall
#23  Document stores
#56  Relational DBMS
Score3.77
Rank#87  Overall
#15  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score0.06
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlbitnine.net/­agensgraphdrill.apache.orgarangodb.comgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsdocs.arangodb.com
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookYouTubeInstagram
DeveloperSoftware AGBitnine Global Inc.Apache Software FoundationArangoDB Inc.STS Soft SC
Initial release19712016201220122011
Current release2.1, December 20181.20.3, January 20233.11.5, November 20234.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availableOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCC++C#
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Windows
Data schemeyesdepending on used data modelschema-freeschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectionyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL GatewayyesSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnono
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
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
AQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesNaturalC
Java
JavaScript
Python
C++C#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturalyesuser defined functionsJavaScriptno
Triggersnonononono
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 inheritanceShardingSharding infosince version 2.0none
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event ReplicatorSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication with configurable replication factornone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency infoconfigurable per collection or per write
Immediate Consistency
OneShard (highly available, fault-tolerant deployment mode with ACID semantics)
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes inforelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoDepending on the underlying data source
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardDepending on the underlying data sourceyesno
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Adabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"AgensGraphApache DrillArangoDBSTSdb
Specific characteristicsGraph and Beyond. With more than 11,000 stargazers on GitHub, ArangoDB is the leading...
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Competitive advantagesConsolidation: As a native multi-model database, can be used as a full blown document...
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Typical application scenariosNative multi-model in ArangoDB is being used for a broad range of projects across...
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Key customersCisco, Barclays, Refinitive, Siemens Mentor, Kabbage, Liaison, Douglas, MakeMyTrip,...
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Market metricsArangoDB is the leading native multi-model database with over 11,000 stargazers on...
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Licensing and pricing modelsVery permissive Apache 2 License for Community Edition & commercial licenses are...
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