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DBMS > AnzoGraph DB vs. IBM Db2 warehouse vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. Kdb vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database

System Properties Comparison AnzoGraph DB vs. IBM Db2 warehouse vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. Kdb vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database

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NameAnzoGraph DB  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDB  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable graph database built for online analytics and data harmonization with MPP scaling, high-performance analytical algorithms and reasoning, and virtualizationCloud-based data warehousing serviceA containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalabilityHigh performance Time Series DBMSDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL Server
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
RDF store
Relational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.29
Rank#303  Overall
#25  Graph DBMS
#14  RDF stores
Score1.37
Rank#160  Overall
#74  Relational DBMS
Score3.54
Rank#84  Overall
#14  Document stores
#10  Key-value stores
#1  Object oriented DBMS
#45  Relational DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score76.78
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Websitecambridgesemantics.com/­anzographwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2/­warehousewww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-iriskx.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­database
Technical documentationdocs.cambridgesemantics.com/­anzograph/­userdoc/­home.htmdocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.clscode.kx.comdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sql
DeveloperCambridge SemanticsIBMInterSystemsKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcMicrosoft
Initial release2018201420182000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032010
Current release2.3, January 20212023.3, June 20233.6, May 2018V12
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree trial version availablecommercialcommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonoyes
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageqC++
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedAIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hosted
Data schemeSchema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema supportyesdepending on used data modelyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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 infoImport/export of XML data possibleyesyesyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSPARQL and SPARQL* as primary query language. Cypher preview.yesyesSQL-like query language (q)yes
APIs and other access methodsApache Mule
gRPC
JDBC
Kafka
OData access for BI tools
OpenCypher
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC++
Java
Python
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions and aggregatesPL/SQL, SQL PLyesuser defined functionsTransact SQL
Triggersnoyesyesyes infowith viewsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesAutomatic shardingShardingShardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication in MPP-ClusteryesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationyes, with always 3 replicas available
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsKerberos/HDFS data loadingnonono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency in MPP-ClusterImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityno infonot needed in graphsyesyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDnoACID
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.yesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesrights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
AnzoGraph DBIBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDBInterSystems IRISKdbMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure
Specific characteristicsInterSystems IRIS is a complete cloud-first data platform which includes a multi-model...
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Integrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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