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DBMS > Adabas vs. Drizzle vs. GreptimeDB vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. Drizzle vs. GreptimeDB vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.An open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencySearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app development
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS
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Score2.79
Rank#102  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#351  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score5.52
Rank#59  Overall
#6  Search engines
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlgreptime.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­search
Technical documentationdocs.greptime.comlearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­search
DeveloperSoftware AGDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerGreptime Inc.Microsoft
Initial release1971200820222015
Current release7.2.4, September 2012V1
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGNU GPLOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
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Implementation languageC++Rust
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
hosted
Data schemeyesyesschema-free, schema definition possibleyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL Gatewayyes infowith proprietary extensionsyesno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
JDBCgRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesNaturalC
C++
Java
PHP
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin NaturalnoPythonno
Triggersnono infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.no
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistaShardingShardingSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event ReplicatorMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)Pluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPSimple rights management via user accountsyes infousing Azure authentication
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Adabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"DrizzleGreptimeDBMicrosoft Azure AI Search
Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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