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DBMS > Adabas vs. Bangdb vs. Dgraph vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. TigerGraph

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. Bangdb vs. Dgraph vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. TigerGraph

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonBangdb  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformConverged and high performance database for device data, events, time series, document and graphDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Graph DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
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Score3.17
Rank#94  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#347  Overall
#47  Document stores
#34  Graph DBMS
#31  Time Series DBMS
Score1.45
Rank#156  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score77.99
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score1.83
Rank#139  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlbangdb.comdgraph.ioazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasewww.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationdocs.bangdb.comdgraph.io/­docsdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqldocs.tigergraph.com
DeveloperSoftware AGSachin Sinha, BangDBDgraph Labs, Inc.Microsoft
Initial release19712012201620102017
Current releaseBangDB 2.0, October 2021V12
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoBSD 3Open Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageC, C++GoC++C++
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinux
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes: string, long, double, int, geospatial, stream, eventsyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyes infosecondary, composite, nested, reverse, geospatialyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL GatewaySQL like support with command line toolnoyesSQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
GraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesNaturalC
C#
C++
Java
Python
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin NaturalnonoTransact SQLyes
Triggersnoyes, Notifications (with Streaming only)noyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistaSharding (enterprise version only). P2P based virtual network overlay with consistent hashing and chord algorithmyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event Replicatorselectable replication factor, Knob for CAP (enterprise version only)Synchronous replication via Raftyes, with always 3 replicas available
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyTunable consistency, set CAP knob accordinglyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, optimistic concurrency controlyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, implements WAL (Write ahead log) as wellyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes, run db with in-memory only modeno
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)yes (enterprise version only)no infoPlanned for future releasesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access control

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