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DBMS > Adabas vs. Kinetica vs. OrigoDB vs. PostGIS vs. TigerGraph

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. Kinetica vs. OrigoDB vs. PostGIS vs. TigerGraph

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformFully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseSpatial extension of PostgreSQLA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Spatial DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score2.79
Rank#102  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.66
Rank#234  Overall
#107  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#380  Overall
#50  Document stores
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score1.80
Rank#138  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlwww.kinetica.comorigodb.compostgis.netwww.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationdocs.kinetica.comorigodb.com/­docspostgis.net/­documentationdocs.tigergraph.com
DeveloperSoftware AGKineticaRobert Friberg et al
Initial release197120122009 infounder the name LiveDB20052017
Current release7.1, August 20213.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC, C++C#CC++
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
LinuxLinux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyesyes
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.nonono infocan be achieved using .NETyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL GatewaySQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoyesSQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesNaturalC++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.NetC++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturaluser defined functionsyesuser defined functionsyes
Triggersnoyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangeyes infoDomain Eventsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistaShardinghorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event ReplicatorSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesdepending on modelyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoWrite ahead logyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)Access rights for users and roles on table levelRole based authorizationyes infobased on PostgreSQLRole-based access control

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