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System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. NuoDB vs. Quasardb vs. Speedb vs. YugabyteDB

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonSpeedb  Xexclude from comparisonYugabyteDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseAn embeddable, high performance key-value store optimized for write-intensive workloads, which can be used as a drop-in replacement for RocksDBHigh-performance distributed SQL database for global, internet-scale applications. Wire and feature compatible with PostgreSQL.
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Wide column store
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Score2.79
Rank#102  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#322  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score0.26
Rank#310  Overall
#45  Key-value stores
Score2.63
Rank#109  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasequasar.aiwww.speedb.iowww.yugabyte.com
Technical documentationdoc.nuodb.comdoc.quasar.ai/­masterdocs.yugabyte.com
github.com/­yugabyte/­yugabyte-db
DeveloperSoftware AGDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.quasardbSpeedbYugabyte Inc.
Initial release19712013200920202017
Current release3.14.1, January 20242.19, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infolimited edition freecommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0; commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C++C++C and C++
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-freedepending on used data model
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infointeger and binarynoyes
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 indexesyesyesyes infowith tagsnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL GatewayyesSQL-like query languagenoyes, PostgreSQL compatible
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP APIJDBC
YCQL, an SQL-based flexible-schema API with its roots in Cassandra Query Language
YSQL - a fully relational SQL API that is wire compatible with the SQL language in PostgreSQL
Supported programming languagesNatural.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
C
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin NaturalJava, SQLnonoyes infosql, plpgsql, C
Triggersnoyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas Vistadata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenSharding infoconsistent hashinghorizontal partitioningHash and Range Sharding, row-level geo-partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event Replicatoryes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBSource-replica replication with selectable replication factoryesBased on Raft distributed consensus protocol, minimum 3 replicas for continuous availability
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonowith Hadoop integrationnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyStrong consistency on writes and tunable consistency on reads
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infotunable commit protocolACIDyesDistributed ACID with Serializable & Snapshot Isolation. Inspired by Google Spanner architecture.
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMVCCyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoby using LevelDByesyes infobased on RocksDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infoTemporary tableyes infoTransient modeyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)Standard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative UsersCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailnoyes
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Adabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"NuoDBQuasardbSpeedbYugabyteDB
Specific characteristicsSpeedb is an embedded key-value storage engine for versatile use cases. It was designed...
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YugabyteDB is an open source distributed SQL database for cloud native transactional...
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Competitive advantagesSpeedb Open-source rebases on RocksDB's latest versions, with enhanced capabilities...
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PostgreSQL compatible: Get instantly productive with a PostgreSQL compatible RDBMS....
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Typical application scenariosSystems of record and engagement for cloud native applications that require resilience,...
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Market metrics2 Million+ lifetime clusters deployed, 6.5K+ GitHub stars, 7K YugabyteDB Community...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source - Speedb OSS is released under an Apache license and can be found on...
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Apache 2.0 license for the database
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