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System Properties Comparison Altibase vs. eXtremeDB vs. HyperSQL vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. Splunk

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NameAltibase  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparisonSplunk  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSNatively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringMultithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBA containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalabilityAnalytics Platform for Big Data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.02
Rank#189  Overall
#88  Relational DBMS
Score0.80
Rank#214  Overall
#99  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score3.23
Rank#93  Overall
#48  Relational DBMS
Score3.54
Rank#84  Overall
#14  Document stores
#10  Key-value stores
#1  Object oriented DBMS
#45  Relational DBMS
Score89.10
Rank#14  Overall
#2  Search engines
Websitealtibase.comwww.mcobject.comhsqldb.orgwww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-iriswww.splunk.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualswww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmhsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmldocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.clsdocs.splunk.com/­Documentation/­Splunk
DeveloperAltibaseMcObjectInterSystemsSplunk Inc.
Initial release19992001200120182003
Current releasev7.3, 2023, August 20238.2, 20212.7.2, June 20232023.3, June 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023commercialOpen Source infobased on BSD licensecommercialcommercial infoLimited free edition and free developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C and C++Java
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modesAIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesdepending on used data modelyes
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.nono infosupport of XML interfaces availablenoyesyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL-92yes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLyesyesno infoSplunk Search Processing Language for search commands
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresstored procedures and stored functionsyesJava, SQLyesyes
Triggersyesyes infoby defining eventsyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning / shardingnoneShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesActive Replication Fabric™ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
noneSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACIDno infoA 'Transaction' in Splunk has a different meaning: grouping related events into a single one for later searching
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyesyesyes
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.yesyesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesAccess rights for users and roles
More information provided by the system vendor
AltibaseeXtremeDBHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDBInterSystems IRISSplunk
Specific characteristicseXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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InterSystems IRIS is a complete cloud-first data platform which includes a multi-model...
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Competitive advantageseXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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Typical application scenariosIoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
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Key customersSchneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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Market metricsWith hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
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Licensing and pricing modelsFor server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
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