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DBMS > Altibase vs. NuoDB vs. TerminusDB

System Properties Comparison Altibase vs. NuoDB vs. TerminusDB

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NameAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.85
Rank#204  Overall
#94  Relational DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#208  Overall
#98  Relational DBMS
Score0.15
Rank#327  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
Websitealtibase.comwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databaseterminusdb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualsdoc.nuodb.comterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperAltibaseDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.DataChemist Ltd.
Initial release199920132018
Current releasev7.3, 2023, August 202311.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023commercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++C++Prolog, Rust
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL-92yesSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresstored procedures and stored functionsJava, SQLyes
Triggersyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infotunable commit protocolACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMVCCyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoTemporary table
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative UsersRole-based access control

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