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DBMS > Adabas vs. AlaSQL vs. GBase vs. Sequoiadb vs. SurrealDB

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. AlaSQL vs. GBase vs. Sequoiadb vs. SurrealDB

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformJavaScript DBMS libraryWidely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.NewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQLA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.64
Rank#104  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.42
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Score1.11
Rank#173  Overall
#78  Relational DBMS
Score0.42
Rank#263  Overall
#41  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score1.11
Rank#174  Overall
#30  Document stores
#17  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlalasql.orgwww.gbase.cnwww.sequoiadb.comsurrealdb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=indexsurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperSoftware AGAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.Sequoiadb Ltd.SurrealDB Ltd
Initial release19712014200420132022
Current releaseGBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8cv1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC, Java, PythonC++Rust
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regexyes
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL GatewayClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.Standard with numerous extensionsSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
JavaScript APIADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol using JSONGraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesNaturalJavaScriptC#.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturalnouser defined functionsJavaScript
Triggersnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas Vistanonehorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event ReplicatornoneyesSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDDocument is locked during a transactionACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)noyessimple password-based access controlyes, based on authentication and database rules

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