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DBMS > Altibase vs. Apache IoTDB vs. IBM Db2 vs. Immudb

System Properties Comparison Altibase vs. Apache IoTDB vs. IBM Db2 vs. Immudb

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NameAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2  Xexclude from comparisonImmudb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSAn IoT native database with high performance for data management and analysis, deployable on the edge and the cloud and integrated with Hadoop, Spark and FlinkCommon in IBM host environments, 2 different versions for host and Windows/LinuxAn open source immutable (append-only) database with cryptographic verification which makes it tamper-resistant and fully auditable.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS infoSince Version 10.5 support for JSON/BSON documents compatible with MongoDBKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store infoin Db2 LUW (Linux, Unix, Windows)
Spatial DBMS infowith Db2 Spatial Extender
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.02
Rank#189  Overall
#88  Relational DBMS
Score1.31
Rank#164  Overall
#14  Time Series DBMS
Score125.90
Rank#9  Overall
#6  Relational DBMS
Score0.31
Rank#295  Overall
#42  Key-value stores
Websitealtibase.comiotdb.apache.orgwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2github.com/­codenotary/­immudb
immudb.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualsiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmlwww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2docs.immudb.io
DeveloperAltibaseApache Software FoundationIBMCodenotary
Initial release199920181983 infohost version2020
Current releasev7.3, 2023, August 20231.1.0, April 202312.1, October 20161.2.3, April 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infofree version is availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaC and C++Go
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
All OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
BSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL-92SQL-like query languageyesSQL-like syntax
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
JDBC
Native API
ADO.NET
JDBC
JSON style queries infoMongoDB compatible
ODBC
XQuery
gRPC protocol
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
C
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Visual Basic
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresstored procedures and stored functionsyesyesno
Triggersyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)Sharding infoonly with Windows/Unix/Linux VersionSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasyes infowith separate tools (MQ, InfoSphere)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoIntegration with Hadoop and Sparknono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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