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System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. Cubrid vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. QuestDB vs. SwayDB

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonCubrid  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformCUBRID is an open-source SQL-based relational database management system with object extensions for OLTPSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMSSearch engineTime Series DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsVector DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.79
Rank#102  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Score1.04
Rank#187  Overall
#87  Relational DBMS
Score5.52
Rank#59  Overall
#6  Search engines
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlcubrid.com (korean)
cubrid.org (english)
azure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchquestdb.ioswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationcubrid.org/­manualslearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchquestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperSoftware AGCUBRID Corporation, CUBRID FoundationMicrosoftQuestDB Technology IncSimer Plaha
Initial release19712008201520142018
Current release11.0, January 2021V1
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageC, C++, JavaJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustScala
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
Linux
Windows
hostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesno
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL GatewayyesnoSQL with time-series extensionsno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
RESTful HTTP APIHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languagesNaturalC
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin NaturalJava Stored Proceduresnonono
Triggersnoyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistanoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicehorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)none
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event ReplicatorSource-replica replicationyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSource-replica replication with eventual consistencynone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACID for single-table writesAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.nononoyes infothrough memory mapped filesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infousing Azure authenticationno
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Adabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"CubridMicrosoft Azure AI SearchQuestDBSwayDB
Specific characteristicsRelational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesHigh ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenariosFinancial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Key customersBanks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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