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DBMS > Adabas vs. Firebolt vs. Lovefield vs. Manticore Search vs. Realm

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. Firebolt vs. Lovefield vs. Manticore Search vs. Realm

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonFirebolt  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformHighly scalable cloud data warehouse and analytics product infoForked from ClickhouseEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.A DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core Data
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSearch engineDocument store
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar Library
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.79
Rank#102  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#140  Overall
#63  Relational DBMS
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#302  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score7.41
Rank#52  Overall
#8  Document stores
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlwww.firebolt.iogoogle.github.io/­lovefieldmanticoresearch.comrealm.io
Technical documentationdocs.firebolt.iogithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdmanual.manticoresearch.comrealm.io/­docs
DeveloperSoftware AGFirebolt Analytics Inc.GoogleManticore SoftwareRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019
Initial release19712020201420172014
Current release2.1.12, February 20176.0, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL version 2Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
hostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesFixed schemayes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Booleanyes
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.nonoCan index from XMLno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL GatewayyesSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
.Net
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Binary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
Supported programming languagesNaturalGo
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScriptElixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturalnonouser defined functionsno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary
TriggersnonoUsing read-only observersnoyes infoChange Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistanoneSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportednone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event Replicatordepending on storage layernoneSynchronous replication based on Galera librarynone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDyes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infousing MemoryDByes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)nonoyes

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