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DBMS > Adabas vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. Splunk vs. Vertica vs. Yaacomo

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. Splunk vs. Vertica vs. Yaacomo

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonSplunk  Xexclude from comparisonVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™  Xexclude from comparisonYaacomo  Xexclude from comparison
Yaacomo seems to be discontinued and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentAnalytics Platform for Big DataCloud or off-cloud analytical database and query engine for structured and semi-structured streaming and batch data. Machine learning platform with built-in algorithms, data preparation capabilities, and model evaluation and management via SQL or Python.OpenCL based in-memory RDBMS, designed for efficiently utilizing the hardware via parallel computing
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSSearch engineSearch engineRelational DBMS infoColumn orientedRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMSSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.79
Rank#102  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Score5.52
Rank#59  Overall
#6  Search engines
Score89.10
Rank#14  Overall
#2  Search engines
Score10.06
Rank#42  Overall
#26  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchwww.splunk.comwww.vertica.comyaacomo.com
Technical documentationlearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchdocs.splunk.com/­Documentation/­Splunkvertica.com/­documentation
DeveloperSoftware AGMicrosoftSplunk Inc.OpenText infopreviously Micro Focus and Hewlett PackardQ2WEB GmbH
Initial release19712015200320052009
Current releaseV112.0.3, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infoLimited free edition and free developer edition availablecommercial infoLimited community edition freecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono infoon-premises, all major clouds - Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and containersno
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Implementation languageC++
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
hostedLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxAndroid
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesYes, but also semi-structure/unstructured data storage, and complex hierarchical data (like Parquet) stored and/or queried.yes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyesyesNo Indexes Required. Different internal optimization strategy, but same functionality included.yes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL Gatewaynono infoSplunk Search Processing Language for search commandsFull 1999 standard plus machine learning, time series and geospatial. Over 650 functions.yes
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
RESTful HTTP APIHTTP RESTADO.NET
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spark Connector
vSQL infocharacter-based, interactive, front-end utility
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesNaturalC#
Java
JavaScript
Python
C#
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturalnoyesyes, PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL, with minor differences
Triggersnonoyesyes, called Custom Alertsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistaSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceShardinghorizontal partitioning, hierarchical partitioninghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event Replicatoryes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceMulti-source replicationMulti-source replication infoOne, or more copies of data replicated across nodes, or object-store used for repository.Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno infoBi-directional Spark integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnono infoA 'Transaction' in Splunk has a different meaning: grouping related events into a single one for later searchingACIDACID
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.nonononoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)yes infousing Azure authenticationAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard; supports Kerberos, LDAP, Ident and hashfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Adabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"Microsoft Azure AI SearchSplunkVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™Yaacomo
Specific characteristicsDeploy-anywhere database for large-scale analytical deployments. Deploy off-cloud,...
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Competitive advantagesFast, scalable, and capable of high concurrency. Separation of compute/storage leverages...
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Typical application scenariosCommunication and network analytics, Embedded analytics, Fraud monitoring and Risk...
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Key customersAbiba Systems, Adform, adMarketplace, AmeriPride, Anritsu, AOL, Avito, Auckland Transport,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsCost-based models and subscription-based models are both available. One license is...
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