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System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. FileMaker vs. GraphDB vs. searchxml vs. Ultipa

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonGraphDB infoformer name: OWLIM  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparisonUltipa  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Enterprise-ready RDF and graph database with efficient reasoning, cluster and external index synchronization support. It supports also SQL JDBC access to Knowledge Graph and GraphQL over SPARQL.DBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application serverHigh performance Graph DBMS supporting HTAP high availability cluster deployment
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Native XML DBMS
Search engine
Graph DBMS
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Score2.79
Rank#102  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score3.25
Rank#91  Overall
#7  Graph DBMS
#4  RDF stores
Score0.03
Rank#390  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#24  Search engines
Score0.19
Rank#330  Overall
#30  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlwww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.ontotext.comwww.searchxml.net/­category/­productswww.ultipa.com
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationgraphdb.ontotext.com/­documentationwww.searchxml.net/­support/­handoutswww.ultipa.com/­document
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterYouTubeGitHubMedium
DeveloperSoftware AGClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleOntotextinformationpartners gmbhUltipa
Initial release19711983200020152019
Current release19.4.1, November 202110.4, October 20231.0
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infoSome plugins of GraphDB Workbench are open sourcedcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VM
Linux
OS X
Windows
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema support; RDF shapesschema-free
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.noyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatnoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyes, supports real-time synchronization and indexing in SOLR/Elastic search/Lucene and GeoSPARQL geometry data indexesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL Gatewayyes infovia pluginsstored SPARQL accessed as SQL using Apache Calcite through JDBC/ODBCno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
GeoSPARQL
GraphQL
GraphQL Federation
Java API
JDBC
RDF4J API
RDFS
RIO
Sail API
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL 1.1
RESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesNaturalPHP.Net
C#
Clojure
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIsC++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturalyeswell-defined plugin interfaces; JavaScript server-side extensibilityyes infoon the application server
Triggersnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas Vistanonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event ReplicatorSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Multi-source replicationyes infosychronisation to multiple collections
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency, Eventual consistency (configurable in cluster mode per master or individual client request)Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes infoConstraint checkingno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDmultiple readers, single writer
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)simple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesDefault Basic authentication through RDF4J client, or via Java when run with cURL, default token-based in the Workbench or via Rest API, optional access through OpenID or Kerberos single sign-on.Domain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application services
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Adabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"FileMakerGraphDB infoformer name: OWLIMsearchxmlUltipa
Specific characteristicsOntotext GraphDB is a semantic database engine that allows organizations to build...
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Competitive advantagesGraphDB allows you to link text and data in big knowledge graphs. It’s easy to experiment...
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Typical application scenariosMetadata enrichment and management, linked data publishing, semantic inferencing...
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Key customers​ GraphDB provides a platform for building next-generation AI and Knowledge Graph...
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Market metricsGraphDB is the most utilized semantic triplestore for mission-critical enterprise...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGraphDB Free is a non-commercial version and is free to use. GraphDB Enterprise edition...
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