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System Properties Comparison AntDB vs. DolphinDB vs. FoundationDB vs. jBASE vs. PostGIS

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NameAntDB  Xexclude from comparisonDolphinDB  Xexclude from comparisonFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market. As a consequence, the product was removed from the DB-Engines ranking. In April 2018, Apple open-sourced FoundationDB and it therefore reappears in the ranking.
DescriptionA scalable, multi-tenant, MPP-architectured RDBMS for OLTP and OLAP operations, highly compatible with OracleDolphinDB is a high performance Time Series DBMS. It is integrated with an easy-to-use fully featured programming language and a high-volume high-velocity streaming analytics system. It offers operational simplicity, scalability, fault tolerance, and concurrency.Ordered key-value store. Core features are complimented by layers.A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Multivalue DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.25
Rank#303  Overall
#137  Relational DBMS
Score4.13
Rank#80  Overall
#6  Time Series DBMS
Score1.03
Rank#190  Overall
#31  Document stores
#28  Key-value stores
#89  Relational DBMS
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.asiainfo.com/­en_us/­product_aisware_antdb_detail.htmlwww.dolphindb.comgithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasepostgis.net
Technical documentationdocs.dolphindb.cn/­en/­help200/­index.htmlapple.github.io/­foundationdbdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9postgis.net/­documentation
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DeveloperAsiaInfo Technologies LimitedDolphinDB, IncFoundationDBRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)
Initial release2018201319912005
Current releasev2.00.4, January 20226.2.28, November 20205.73.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree community version availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C++C
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-free infosome layers support schemasschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesno infosome layers support typingoptionalyes
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.noyesyes
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL2016 compliantSQL-like query languagesupported in specific SQL layer onlyEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
MySQL protocol compliant
ODBC
JDBC
JSON over HTTP
Kafka
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
OPC DA
OPC UA
RabbitMQ
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
MatLab
Python
R
Rust
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesin SQL-layer onlyyesuser defined functions
Triggersyesnonoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningShardingShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyesyesyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyLinearizable consistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoin SQL-layer onlynoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyesACIDACIDACID
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.yesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAdministrators, Users, GroupsnoAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelyes infobased on PostgreSQL
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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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