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DBMS > Adabas vs. BigchainDB vs. Microsoft Access vs. OrientDB vs. SingleStore

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. BigchainDB vs. Microsoft Access vs. OrientDB vs. SingleStore

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Access  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsMicrosoft Access combines a backend RDBMS (JET / ACE Engine) with a GUI frontend for data manipulation and queries. infoThe Access frontend is often used for accessing other datasources (DBMS, Excel, etc.)Multi-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)MySQL wire-compliant distributed RDBMS that combines an in-memory row-oriented and a disc-based column-oriented storage with patented universal storage to handle transactional and analytical workloads in one single table type
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.64
Rank#104  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.76
Rank#216  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score93.76
Rank#12  Overall
#8  Relational DBMS
Score3.02
Rank#88  Overall
#16  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
Score4.02
Rank#74  Overall
#39  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlwww.bigchaindb.comwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­microsoft-365/­accessorientdb.orgwww.singlestore.com
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestdeveloper.microsoft.com/­en-us/­accesswww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmldocs.singlestore.com
DeveloperSoftware AGMicrosoftOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPSingleStore Inc.
Initial release19712016199220102013
Current release1902 (16.0.11328.20222), March 20193.2.29, March 20248.5, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercial infoBundled with Microsoft OfficeOpen Source infoApache version 2commercial infofree developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonC++JavaC++, Go
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
LinuxWindows infoNot a real database server, but making use of DLLsAll OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)Linux info64 bit version required
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")yes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL Gatewaynoyes infobut not compliant to any SQL standardSQL-like query language, no joinsyes infobut no triggers and foreign keys
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
DAO
ODBC
OLE DB
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
Supported programming languagesNaturalGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java (JDBC-ODBC)
VBA
Visual Basic.NET
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturalyes infosince Access 2010 using the ACE-engineJava, Javascriptyes
Triggersnoyes infosince Access 2010 using the ACE-engineHooksno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistaShardingnoneShardingSharding infohash partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event Replicatorselectable replication factornoneMulti-source replicationSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono infocould be achieved with distributed queriesno infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculations
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes inforelationship in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infobut no files for transaction loggingACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByes infobut no files for transaction loggingyesyes infoAll updates are persistent, including those to disk-based columnstores and memory-based row stores. Transaction commits are supported via write-ahead log.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)yesno infoa simple user-level security was built in till version Access 2003Access rights for users and roles; record level security configurableFine grained access control via users, groups and roles

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