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DBMS > Adabas vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. mSQL vs. SAP IQ vs. STSdb

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. mSQL vs. SAP IQ vs. STSdb

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformCloud Firestore is an auto-scaling document database for storing, syncing, and querying data for mobile and web apps. It offers seamless integration with other Firebase and Google Cloud Platform products.mSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analyticsKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infocolumn-orientedKey-value store
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Score3.17
Rank#94  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Score7.85
Rank#51  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score1.27
Rank#167  Overall
#77  Relational DBMS
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlfirebase.google.com/­products/­firestorehughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.htmlgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestorehelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQ
DeveloperSoftware AGGoogleHughes TechnologiesSAP, formerly SybaseSTS Soft SC
Initial release19712017199419942011
Current release4.4, October 202116.1 SPS04, April 20194.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infofree licenses can be providedcommercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageCC#
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
hostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL GatewaynoA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersyesno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
Android
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesNaturalGo
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturalyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud Functionsnoyesno
Triggersnoyes, with Cloud Functionsnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistaShardingnoneshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexernone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event ReplicatorMulti-source replicationnoneSAP/Sybase Replication Servernone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoUsing Cloud DataflownoHadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyesnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesnoyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)Access rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management. Security Rules for 3rd party authentication using Firebase Auth.nofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno

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