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DBMS > Adabas vs. GreptimeDB vs. IBM Db2 Event Store vs. Kinetica vs. OrigoDB

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. GreptimeDB vs. IBM Db2 Event Store vs. Kinetica vs. OrigoDB

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 Event Store  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyDistributed Event Store optimized for Internet of Things use casesFully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsA fully ACID in-memory object graph database
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSTime Series DBMSEvent Store
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.64
Rank#104  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.09
Rank#343  Overall
#31  Time Series DBMS
Score0.18
Rank#315  Overall
#2  Event Stores
#26  Time Series DBMS
Score0.42
Rank#261  Overall
#120  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#54  Document stores
#21  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlgreptime.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2-event-storewww.kinetica.comorigodb.com
Technical documentationdocs.greptime.comwww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2-event-storedocs.kinetica.comorigodb.com/­docs
DeveloperSoftware AGGreptime Inc.IBMKineticaRobert Friberg et al
Initial release19712022201720122009 infounder the name LiveDB
Current release2.07.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infofree developer edition availablecommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageRustC and C++C, C++C#
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux infoLinux, macOS, Windows for the developer additionLinuxLinux
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleyesyesyes
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.nonononono infocan be achieved using .NET
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL Gatewayyesyes infothrough the embedded Spark runtimeSQL-like DML and DDL statementsno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
ADO.NET
DB2 Connect
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
Supported programming languagesNaturalC++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
C
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin NaturalPythonyesuser defined functionsyes
Triggersnonoyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangeyes infoDomain Events
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistaShardingShardingShardinghorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronized
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event ReplicatorActive-active shard replicationSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesdepending on model
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesNo - written data is immutableyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesYes - Synchronous writes to local disk combined with replication and asynchronous writes in parquet format to permanent shared storageyesyes infoWrite ahead log
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMyes
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)Simple rights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and roles on table levelRole based authorization
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Adabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"GreptimeDBIBM Db2 Event StoreKineticaOrigoDB
Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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