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System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. AlaSQL vs. TigerGraph

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Name

Description

OLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments

used typically together with the Natural programming platform

JavaScript DBMS library

A complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time

Primary database model

Multivalue DBMS

Document store
Relational DBMS

Graph DBMS

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Score	4.99
Rank	#75	Overall
	#1	Multivalue DBMS

Score	0.60
Rank	#214	Overall
	#34	Document stores
	#106	Relational DBMS

Score	1.40
Rank	#147	Overall
	#12	Graph DBMS

Website

www.softwareag.com/en_corporate/platform/adabas-natural.html

alasql.org

www.tigergraph.com

Technical documentation

github.com/agershun/alasql

docs.tigergraph.com

Developer

Software AG

Andrey Gershun & Mathias R. Wulff

Initial release

1971

2014

2017

License

Commercial or Open Source

commercial

Open Source

MIT-License

commercial

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

JavaScript

C++

Server operating systems

BS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE

server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)

Linux

Data scheme

yes

schema-free

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

with add-on product Adabas SQL Gateway

Close to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.

SQL-like query language (GSQL)

APIs and other access methods

HTTP API

with add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API

with add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway

JavaScript API

GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API

Supported programming languages

Natural

JavaScript

C++
Java

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

in Natural

yes

Triggers

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

yes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas Vista

none

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

yes, with add-on product Event Replicator

none

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

yes

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

none

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Relationships in graphs

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

yes

only for local storage and DOM-storage

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

by using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorage

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

User concepts

Access control

only with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)

Role-based access control

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Specific characteristics

TigerGraph is a native graph database, with massively parallel processing and fully...
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Competitive advantages

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Typical application scenarios

Anti Money Laundering Real-Time Fraud Detection Customer 360 Real-Time Personalized...
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Key customers

Four out of the top five global banks use TigerGraph for real-time fraud detection....
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Market metrics

ANALYST RESEARCH Nov 2020: TigerGraph Named A Leader For Graph Data Platforms - TigerGraph...
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Licensing and pricing models

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