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System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. AgensGraph vs. Bangdb vs. Lovefield vs. TerminusDB

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonBangdb  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  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 PostgreSQLConverged and high performance database for device data, events, time series, document and graphEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSDocument store
RDF store
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Score2.79
Rank#102  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#315  Overall
#26  Graph DBMS
#140  Relational DBMS
Score0.16
Rank#338  Overall
#47  Document stores
#32  Graph DBMS
#31  Time Series DBMS
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#316  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlbitnine.net/­agensgraphbangdb.comgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldterminusdb.com
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationdocs.bangdb.comgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperSoftware AGBitnine Global Inc.Sachin Sinha, BangDBGoogleDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release19712016201220142018
Current release2.1, December 2018BangDB 2.0, October 20212.1.12, February 201711.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoBSD 3Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCC, C++JavaScriptProlog, Rust
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux
Data schemeyesdepending on used data modelschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes: string, long, double, int, geospatial, stream, eventsyesyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infosecondary, composite, nested, reverse, geospatialyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL GatewayyesSQL like support with command line toolSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternSQL-like query language (WOQL)
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
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languagesNaturalC
Java
JavaScript
Python
C
C#
C++
Java
Python
JavaScriptJavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturalyesnonoyes
Triggersnonoyes, Notifications (with Streaming only)Using read-only observersyes
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 inheritanceSharding (enterprise version only). P2P based virtual network overlay with consistent hashing and chord algorithmnoneGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event ReplicatorSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor, Knob for CAP (enterprise version only)noneJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyTunable consistency, set CAP knob accordingly
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, optimistic concurrency controlyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, implements WAL (Write ahead log) as wellyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes, run db with in-memory only modeyes infousing MemoryDB
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes (enterprise version only)noRole-based access control

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