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DBMS > Adabas vs. AlaSQL vs. ObjectBox vs. Postgres-XL vs. Rockset

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. AlaSQL vs. ObjectBox vs. Postgres-XL vs. Rockset

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonPostgres-XL  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformJavaScript DBMS libraryLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsBased on PostgreSQL enhanced with MPP and write-scale-out cluster featuresA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.64
Rank#104  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.42
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Score1.08
Rank#179  Overall
#6  Object oriented DBMS
#9  Vector DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#260  Overall
#119  Relational DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#180  Overall
#31  Document stores
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlalasql.orggithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
www.postgres-xl.orgrockset.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.objectbox.iowww.postgres-xl.org/­documentationdocs.rockset.com
DeveloperSoftware AGAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffObjectBox LimitedRockset
Initial release1971201420172014 infosince 2012, originally named StormDB2019
Current release4.0 (May 2024)10 R1, October 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoMozilla public licensecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC and C++CC++
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Android
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
Linux
macOS
hosted
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyes, plus "flex" map-like typesyesdynamic typing
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.nononoyes infoXML type, but no XML query functionalityno infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL GatewayClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noyes infodistributed, parallel query executionRead-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
JavaScript APIProprietary native APIADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesNaturalJavaScriptC
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Erlang
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturalnonouser defined functionsno
Triggersnoyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas Vistanonenonehorizontal partitioningAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event ReplicatornoneData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlineyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACID infoMVCCno
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.noyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)noyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console
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