DBMS > Adabas vs. CockroachDB vs. EXASOL vs. FileMaker vs. OpenSearch

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. CockroachDB vs. EXASOL vs. FileMaker vs. OpenSearch

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Name

Description

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

used typically together with the Natural programming platform

CockroachDB is a distributed database architected for modern cloud applications. It is wire compatible with PostgreSQL and backed by a Key-Value Store, which is either RocksDB or a purpose-built derivative, called Pebble.

High-performance, in-memory, MPP database specifically designed for in-memory analytics.

FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.

A distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine forked from Elasticsearch and based on Apache Lucene

Primary database model

Multivalue DBMS

Relational DBMS

Search engine

Secondary database models

Vector DBMS

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Score	3.17
Rank	#94	Overall
	#1	Multivalue DBMS

Score	6.15
Rank	#55	Overall
	#33	Relational DBMS

Score	1.99
Rank	#124	Overall
	#58	Relational DBMS

Score	48.20
Rank	#20	Overall
	#14	Relational DBMS

Score	16.36
Rank	#37	Overall
	#4	Search engines

Website

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

www.cockroachlabs.com

www.exasol.com

www.claris.com/filemaker

github.com/opensearch-project
opensearch.org

Technical documentation

www.cockroachlabs.com/docs

www.exasol.com/resources

www.claris.com/resources/documentation

opensearch.org/docs/latest

Developer

Software AG

Cockroach Labs

Exasol

Claris

a subsidiary of Apple

Amazon Web Services

Initial release

1971

2015

2000

1983

2021

Current release

23.1.1, May 2023

19.4.1, November 2021

2.5.0, January 2023

License

Commercial or Open Source

commercial

Open Source

Apache 2.0, commercial license available

commercial

Open Source

Apache Version 2.0

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

Java

Server operating systems

BS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE

Linux
macOS
Windows

iOS

client part only
Linux
OS X
Windows

All OS with a Java VM

Data scheme

yes

dynamic schema

yes

schema-free

Flexible type definitions. Once a type is defined, it is persistent

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.

yes

A http query request can return the data in XML format

Secondary indexes

yes

All search fields are automatically indexed

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

with add-on product Adabas SQL Gateway

yes, wire compatible with PostgreSQL

yes

via plugins

SQL-like query language

APIs and other access methods

HTTP API

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

with add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway

JDBC

.Net
JDBC
ODBC
WebSocket

Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC

Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API

Supported programming languages

Natural

C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust

Java
Lua
Python
R

PHP

Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby

Elasticsearch client

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

in Natural

user defined functions

yes

Triggers

yes

by using the 'percolation' feature

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

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

horizontal partitioning (by key range)

all tables are translated to an ordered KV store and then broken down into 64MB ranges, which are then used as replicas in RAFT

Sharding

none

Sharding

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

yes, with add-on product Event Replicator

Multi-source replication using RAFT

Source-replica replication, warm standby

since Version 14

yes

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

yes

Hadoop integration

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Eventual Consistency

Synchronous doc based replication. Get by ID may show delays up to 1 sec. Configurable write consistency: one, quorum, all

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Transaction concepts

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

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

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

Access rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard

simple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory services

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Specific characteristics

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Competitive advantages

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Typical application scenarios

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Licensing and pricing models

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