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System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. ArangoDB vs. KairosDB vs. Realm vs. Splunk

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonKairosDB  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonSplunk  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformNative multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.Distributed Time Series DBMS based on Cassandra or H2A DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataAnalytics Platform for Big Data
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Time Series DBMSDocument storeSearch engine
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Score4.04
Rank#87  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Score4.22
Rank#84  Overall
#14  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#11  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score0.69
Rank#238  Overall
#19  Time Series DBMS
Score7.70
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score89.68
Rank#14  Overall
#2  Search engines
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlarangodb.comgithub.com/­kairosdb/­kairosdbrealm.iowww.splunk.com
Technical documentationdocs.arangodb.comkairosdb.github.iorealm.io/­docsdocs.splunk.com/­Documentation/­Splunk
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookYouTubeInstagram
DeveloperSoftware AGArangoDB Inc.Realm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019Splunk Inc.
Initial release19712012201320142003
Current release3.11.5, November 20231.2.2, November 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Sourcecommercial infoLimited free edition and free developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++Java
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectionschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashyesyesyes
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
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL Gatewaynononono infoSplunk Search Processing Language for search commands
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
AQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
Graphite protocol
HTTP REST
Telnet API
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesNaturalC#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
C#
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin NaturalJavaScriptnono inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryyes
Triggersnononoyes infoChange Listenersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistaSharding infosince version 2.0Sharding infobased on CassandranoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event ReplicatorSource-replica replication with configurable replication factorselectable replication factor infobased on CassandranoneMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoconfigurable per collection or per write
Immediate Consistency
OneShard (highly available, fault-tolerant deployment mode with ACID semantics)
Eventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes inforelationships in graphsnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACIDno infoA 'Transaction' in Splunk has a different meaning: grouping related events into a single one for later searching
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes infoIn-Memory realmno
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)yessimple password-based access controlyesAccess rights for users and roles
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Adabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"ArangoDBKairosDBRealmSplunk
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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