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DBMS > Altibase vs. AntDB vs. BigchainDB vs. HarperDB vs. SAP SQL Anywhere

System Properties Comparison Altibase vs. AntDB vs. BigchainDB vs. HarperDB vs. SAP SQL Anywhere

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NameAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonAntDB  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSA scalable, multi-tenant, MPP-architectured RDBMS for OLTP and OLAP operations, highly compatible with OracleBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsUltra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.RDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environments
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeDocument storeRelational DBMS
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Score1.07
Rank#186  Overall
#87  Relational DBMS
Score0.25
Rank#303  Overall
#137  Relational DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score4.25
Rank#79  Overall
#43  Relational DBMS
Websitealtibase.comwww.asiainfo.com/­en_us/­product_aisware_antdb_detail.htmlwww.bigchaindb.comwww.harperdb.iowww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.html
Technical documentationgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualsbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestdocs.harperdb.io/­docshelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywhere
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebook
DeveloperAltibaseAsiaInfo Technologies LimitedHarperDBSAP infoformerly Sybase
Initial release1999201620171992
Current releasev7.3, 2023, August 20233.1, August 202117, July 2015
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023commercialOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercial infofree community edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++PythonNode.js
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
LinuxLinux
OS X
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freedynamic schemayes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes infoJSON data typesyes
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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL-92SQL2016 compliantnoSQL-like data manipulation statementsyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
JDBC
MySQL protocol compliant
ODBC
CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
ADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresstored procedures and stored functionsCustom Functions infosince release 3.1yes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perl
Triggersyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusternone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesselectable replication factoryes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroring
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByes, using LMDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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AltibaseAntDBBigchainDBHarperDBSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere
Specific characteristicsAntDB was initiated in 2008. On the core system of operators, AntDB provides online...
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Competitive advantagesHTAP mixed load: AntDB is a universal, enterprise-level distributed relational database,...
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Typical application scenariosAs the core software of large enterprise, AntDB supports multi-scenario deployment....
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Key customersChina Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, Aeon Life, China Mobile Tietong, CITIC...
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Market metricsMore than 1 billion subscribers in 24 provinces across China are served by AntDB...
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Licensing and pricing modelsCertificates and licenses CMMI5 Certificate licensed by CMMI Institute IT Product...
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