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Name

Description

OLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments

used typically together with the Natural programming platform

Spatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scale

Time Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearch

Multi-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)

Primary database model

Multivalue DBMS

Relational DBMS

Time Series DBMS

Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store

Secondary database models

Time Series DBMS

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Score	4.66
Rank	#76	Overall
	#1	Multivalue DBMS

Score	0.20
Rank	#277	Overall
	#130	Relational DBMS

Score	0.39
Rank	#248	Overall
	#18	Time Series DBMS

Score	5.13
Rank	#68	Overall
	#10	Document stores
	#3	Graph DBMS
	#9	Key-value stores

Website

www.softwareag.com/en_corporate/platform/adabas-natural.html

geospock.com

spotify.github.io/heroic/#!/index

orientdb.org

Technical documentation

docs.geospock.com/Content/Home.htm

spotify.github.io/heroic/#!/docs/overview

www.orientdb.com/docs/last/index.html

Developer

Software AG

GeoSpock

Spotify

OrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAP

Initial release

1971

2014

2010

Current release

2.0, September 2019

3.1.0, June 2020

License

Commercial or Open Source

commercial

Open Source

Apache 2.0

Open Source

Apache version 2

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

yes

DBaaS offerings (sponsored links)

Database as a Service

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Implementation language

Java, Javascript

Java

Server operating systems

BS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE

hosted

All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)

Data scheme

yes

schema-free

Schema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Secondary indexes

yes

temporal, categorical

yes

via Elasticsearch

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

with add-on product Adabas SQL Gateway

ANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)

SQL-like query language, no joins

APIs and other access methods

HTTP API

with add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API

with add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway

JDBC

HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API

Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API

Supported programming languages

Natural

.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

in Natural

Java, Javascript

Triggers

Hooks

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

yes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas Vista

Automatic sharding

Sharding

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

yes, with add-on product Event Replicator

yes

Multi-source replication

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

could be achieved with distributed queries

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

relationship in graphs

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

User concepts

Access control

only with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)

Access rights for users can be defined per table

Access rights for users and roles; record level security configurable

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