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DBMS > Adabas vs. GBase vs. Kdb vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. OrigoDB

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. GBase vs. Kdb vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. OrigoDB

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformWidely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.High performance Time Series DBMSSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentA fully ACID in-memory object graph database
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Search engineDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSVector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.79
Rank#102  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Score1.05
Rank#186  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score5.52
Rank#59  Overall
#6  Search engines
Score0.06
Rank#380  Overall
#50  Document stores
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlwww.gbase.cnkx.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchorigodb.com
Technical documentationcode.kx.comlearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchorigodb.com/­docs
DeveloperSoftware AGGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.Kx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcMicrosoftRobert Friberg et al
Initial release197120042000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320152009 infounder the name LiveDB
Current releaseGBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c3.6, May 2018V1
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageC, Java, PythonqC#
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
LinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hostedLinux
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesUser defined using .NET types and collections
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.noyesyesnono infocan be achieved using .NET
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL GatewayStandard with numerous extensionsSQL-like query language (q)nono
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
C API
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
RESTful HTTP API.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
Supported programming languagesNaturalC#C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturaluser defined functionsuser defined functionsnoyes
Triggersnoyesyes infowith viewsnoyes infoDomain Events
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas Vistahorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioninghorizontal partitioningSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicehorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronized
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event ReplicatoryesSource-replica replicationyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnodepending on model
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoWrite ahead log
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)yesrights management via user accountsyes infousing Azure authenticationRole based authorization
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Adabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"GBaseKdbMicrosoft Azure AI SearchOrigoDB
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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