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System Properties Comparison AllegroGraph vs. dBASE vs. GBase vs. Informix vs. SAP IQ

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NameAllegroGraph  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonInformix  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance, persistent RDF store with additional support for Graph DBMSdBase was one of the first databases with a development environment on PC's. Its latest version dBase V is still sold as dBase classic, which needs a DOS Emulation. The up-to-date product is dBase plus.Widely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.A secure embeddable database from IBM, positioned besides IBM Db2 as a relatively low-cost product optimized for OLTP and Internet of Things dataColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analytics
Primary database modelDocument store infowith version 6.5
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypes compatible with MongoDBRelational DBMS infocolumn-oriented
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS infowith Informix TimeSeries Extension
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Score1.13
Rank#179  Overall
#30  Document stores
#17  Graph DBMS
#7  RDF stores
#7  Vector DBMS
Score9.70
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score1.05
Rank#186  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score17.12
Rank#34  Overall
#21  Relational DBMS
Score2.64
Rank#108  Overall
#52  Relational DBMS
Websiteallegrograph.comwww.dbase.comwww.gbase.cnwww.ibm.com/­products/­informixwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.html
Technical documentationfranz.com/­agraph/­support/­documentation/­current/­agraph-introduction.htmlwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebaseinformix.hcldoc.com
www.ibm.com/­support/­knowledgecenter/­SSGU8G/­welcomeIfxServers.html
help.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQ
DeveloperFranz Inc.Asthon TateGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.IBM, HCL Technologies infoEffective May 1st, 2017, HCL took on development, technical support, and product management teams, and works jointly with IBM on product strategy, marketing, and sales.SAP, formerly Sybase
Initial release20041979200419841994
Current release8.0, December 2023dBASE 2019, 2019GBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c14.10.FC5, November 202016.1 SPS04, April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoLimited community edition freecommercialcommercialcommercial infofree developer edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC, Java, PythonC, C++ and Java
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
DOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
LinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyes infoRDF schemasyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypesyes
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.no infobulk load of XML files possibleyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSPARQL is used as query languagenoStandard with numerous extensionsyesyes
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP API
SPARQL
none infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.ADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
JSON API infoMongoDB compatible
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
Clojure
Java
Lisp
Perl
Python
Ruby
Scala
dBase proprietary IDEC#.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoJavaScript or Common Lispno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.user defined functionsyesyes
Triggersyesnoyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeswith Federationnonehorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningShardingshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexer
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
noneyesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
SAP/Sybase Replication Server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoHadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSACIDACIDACID
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.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authenticationAccess rights for users and rolesyesUsers with fine-grained authentication, authorization, and auditing controlsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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AllegroGraphdBASEGBaseInformixSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ
Specific characteristicsKnowledge Graph Platform Leader FedShard - Designed for Entity-Event Knowledge Graph...
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Competitive advantagesAllegroGraph is uniquely suited to support adhoc queries through SPARQL, Prolog and...
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