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DBMS > Adabas vs. Google Cloud Spanner vs. MarkLogic vs. ObjectBox vs. Yanza

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. Google Cloud Spanner vs. MarkLogic vs. ObjectBox vs. Yanza

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Spanner  Xexclude from comparisonMarkLogic  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonYanza  Xexclude from comparison
Yanza seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformA horizontally scalable, globally consistent, relational database service. It is the externalization of the core Google database that runs the biggest aspects of Google, like Ads and Google Play.Operational and transactional Enterprise NoSQL databaseLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsTime Series DBMS for IoT Applications
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Native XML DBMS
RDF store infoas of version 7
Search engine
Object oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.64
Rank#104  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Score2.69
Rank#101  Overall
#51  Relational DBMS
Score4.15
Rank#70  Overall
#11  Document stores
#1  Native XML DBMS
#1  RDF stores
#8  Search engines
Score1.08
Rank#179  Overall
#6  Object oriented DBMS
#9  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlcloud.google.com/­spannerwww.progress.com/­marklogicgithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
yanza.com
Technical documentationcloud.google.com/­spanner/­docswww.progress.com/­marklogic/­documentationdocs.objectbox.io
DeveloperSoftware AGGoogleMarkLogic Corp.ObjectBox LimitedYanza
Initial release19712017200120172015
Current release11.0, December 20224.0 (May 2024)
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial inforestricted free version is availableBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0commercial infofree version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono infobut mainly used as a service provided by Yanza
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Implementation languageC++C and C++
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
hostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Android
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-free infoSchema can be enforcedyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes, plus "flex" map-like typesno
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.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL Gatewayyes infoQuery statements complying to ANSI 2011yes infoSQL92nono
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
JDBC infoAt present, JDBC supports read-only queries. No support for DDL or DML statements.
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
Node.js Client API
ODBC
proprietary Optic API infoProprietary Query API, introduced with version 9
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL
WebDAV
XDBC
XQuery
XSLT
Proprietary native APIHTTP API
Supported programming languagesNaturalGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
any language that supports HTTP calls
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturalnoyes infovia XQuery or JavaScriptnono
Triggersnonoyesnoyes infoTimer and event based
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistaShardingShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event ReplicatorMulti-source replication with 3 replicas for regional instances.yesData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlinenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infousing Google Cloud Dataflowyes infovia Hadoop Connector, HDFS Direct Access and in-database MapReduce jobsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoby using interleaved tables, this features focuses more on performance improvements than on referential integritynoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infoStrict serializable isolationACID infocan act as a resource manager in an XA/JTA transactionACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.nonoyes, with Range Indexesno
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 (IAM)Role-based access control at the document and subdocument levelsyesno
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Conferences, events and webinars

Progress MarkLogic World
Washington DC, 23-25 September 2024 (finished)

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