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System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. Axibase vs. Coveo vs. Faircom EDGE vs. NebulaGraph

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonAxibase  Xexclude from comparisonCoveo  Xexclude from comparisonFaircom EDGE infoformerly c-treeEDGE  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformScalable TimeSeries DBMS based on HBase with integrated rule engine and visualizationAI-powered hosted search, recommendation and personalization platform providing tools for both low-code and full-code developmentFairCom EDGE is an Industry 4.0 solution built to integrate, collect, aggregate and synchronize mission-critical data in edge computing environmentsA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMS
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSTime Series DBMSSearch engineKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.79
Rank#102  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.35
Rank#282  Overall
#25  Time Series DBMS
Score2.11
Rank#118  Overall
#11  Search engines
Score0.09
Rank#362  Overall
#53  Key-value stores
#155  Relational DBMS
Score2.23
Rank#116  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlaxibase.com/­docs/­atsd/­financewww.coveo.comwww.faircom.com/­products/­faircom-edgegithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
Technical documentationdocs.coveo.comdocs.faircom.com/­docs/­en/­UUID-23d4f1fd-d213-f6d5-b92e-9b7475baa14e.htmldocs.nebula-graph.io
DeveloperSoftware AGAxibase CorporationCoveoFairCom CorporationVesoft Inc.
Initial release19712013201219792019
Current release15585V3, October 2020
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infoCommunity Edition (single node) is free, Enterprise Edition (distributed) is paidcommercialcommercial infoRestricted, free version availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaANSI C, C++C++
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
LinuxhostedAndroid
Linux infoARM, x86
Raspbian
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyeshybrid - fields need to be configured prior to indexing, but relationships can be exploited at query time without pre-configurationFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)Strong typed schema
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoshort, integer, long, float, double, decimal, stringyesyes, ANSI Standard SQL Typesyes
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.nononoyesno
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesyes infoNebula Graph internally uses the Key-Value store RocksDB for persistency. The vertices, edges, and their properties are stored as Key while their values are stored as Value. The primary indexes are per Key and secondary indexes are per Value.
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL GatewaySQL-like query languagenoyes infoANSI SQL queriesSQL-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
JDBC
Proprietary protocol (Network API)
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
Direct SQL
IoT Microservice layer
JDBC
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Browser interface
console (shell)
Cypher Query Language
GO Object Graph Mapper
Java Object Graph Mapper
NGBatis infoORM framework for NebulaGraph and Spring-Boot
Proprietary native API
Python Object Graph Mapper
Query language nGQL
Supported programming languagesNaturalGo
Java
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
VB.Net
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturalyesnoyes info.Net, JavaScript, C/C++user defined functions
Triggersnoyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistaShardingyesFile partitioning infoCustomizable business rules for partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event ReplicatorSource-replica replicationyesyes infoSynchronous and asynchronous realtime replication based on transaction logsCausal Clustering using Raft protocol
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes infowhen using SQLyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoyesACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoacross SQL and NoSQLyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infousing RocksDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)granular access controls, API key management, content filtersFine grained user, group and file access rights managed across SQL (per ANSI standard) and NoSQL.Role-based access control
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Adabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"AxibaseCoveoFaircom EDGE infoformerly c-treeEDGENebulaGraph
Specific characteristicsNebulaGraph is a truly distributed, linearly scalable, lightning-fast graph database,...
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Competitive advantagesNebulaGraph boasts the world's only graph database solution that is able to host...
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Typical application scenariosSocial networking Fraud detection Knowledge graph Data warehouse management Anti...
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Key customersCompanies from a variety of industries have implemented NebulaGraph Database in production,...
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Market metricsAt our very early stage, NebulaGraph has already received over 10,000 stars on GitHub...
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Licensing and pricing modelsNebulaGraph is open source and free to use under Apache 2.0 license.
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