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System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. GreptimeDB vs. Tkrzw vs. Transwarp ArgoDB

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Name

Description

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

used typically together with the Natural programming platform

An open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiency

A concept of libraries, allowing an application program to store and query key-value pairs in a file. Successor of Tokyo Cabinet and Kyoto Cabinet

Distributed Analytical Database to replace Hadoop+MPP hybrid architecture

Primary database model

Secondary database models

Search engine

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Trend Chart

Score	2.64
Rank	#104	Overall
	#1	Multivalue DBMS

Score	0.09
Rank	#343	Overall
	#31	Time Series DBMS

Score	0.00
Rank	#385	Overall
	#61	Key-value stores

Score	0.04
Rank	#361	Overall
	#153	Relational DBMS

Website

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

greptime.com

dbmx.net/tkrzw

www.transwarp.cn/en/product/argodb

Technical documentation

docs.greptime.com

docs.transwarp.cn/#/documents-support/docs?category=ARGODB

Developer

Software AG

Greptime Inc.

Mikio Hirabayashi

Transwarp

Initial release

1971

2022

2020

Current release

0.9.3, August 2020

License

Commercial or Open Source

commercial

Open Source

Apache Version 2.0

Open Source

Apache Version 2.0

commercial

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

Rust

C++

Server operating systems

BS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE

Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows

Linux
macOS

Data scheme

yes

schema-free, schema definition possible

schema-free

yes

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

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

with add-on product Adabas SQL Gateway

yes

APIs and other access methods

HTTP API

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

with add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway

gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC

Supported programming languages

Natural

C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript

C++
Java
Python
Ruby

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

in Natural

Python

Triggers

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

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

Sharding

none

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

yes, with add-on product Event Replicator

none

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

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.

yes

using specific database classes

User concepts

Access control

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

Simple rights management via user accounts

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Specific characteristics

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Key customers

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Market metrics

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Licensing and pricing models

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