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DBMS > Adabas vs. KairosDB vs. Realm vs. TypeDB vs. YottaDB

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. KairosDB vs. Realm vs. TypeDB vs. YottaDB

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonKairosDB  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformDistributed Time Series DBMS based on Cassandra or H2A DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataTypeDB is a strongly-typed database with a rich and logical type system and TypeQL as its query languageA fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS infoOften described as a 'hyper-relational' database, since it implements the 'Entity-Relationship Paradigm' to manage complex data structures and ontologies.
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.17
Rank#94  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.62
Rank#239  Overall
#20  Time Series DBMS
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score0.65
Rank#234  Overall
#20  Graph DBMS
#107  Relational DBMS
Score0.20
Rank#317  Overall
#47  Key-value stores
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlgithub.com/­kairosdb/­kairosdbrealm.iotypedb.comyottadb.com
Technical documentationkairosdb.github.iorealm.io/­docstypedb.com/­docsyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperSoftware AGRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019VaticleYottaDB, LLC
Initial release19712013201420162001
Current release1.2.2, November 20182.26.3, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL Version 3, commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
Linux
OS X
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Docker
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesno
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
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL Gatewaynononoby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
Graphite protocol
HTTP REST
Telnet API
gRPC protocol
TypeDB Console (shell)
TypeDB Studio (Visualisation software- previously TypeDB Workbase)
PostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesNaturalJava
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
All JVM based languages
Groovy
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturalnono inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryno
Triggersnonoyes infoChange Listenersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistaSharding infobased on CassandranoneSharding infoby using Cassandra
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event Replicatorselectable replication factor infobased on CassandranoneMulti-source replication infoby using Cassandrayes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes infoby using Apache Kafka and Apache Zookeeperno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono infosubstituted by the relationship feature
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACIDoptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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 infoIn-Memory realmnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)simple password-based access controlyesyes infoat REST API level; other APIs in progressUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms
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Competitive advantagesTypeDB provides a new level of expressivity, extensibility, interoperability, and...
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Typical application scenariosLife sciences : TypeDB makes working with biological data much easier and accelerates...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache f or language drivers, and AGPL and Commercial for the database server. The...
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