DBMS > ArangoDB vs. Cubrid vs. mSQL vs. OpenQM vs. SAP HANA

System Properties Comparison ArangoDB vs. Cubrid vs. mSQL vs. OpenQM vs. SAP HANA

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Name

Description

Native multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.

CUBRID is an open-source SQL-based relational database management system with object extensions for OLTP

mSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMS

QpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMS

In-memory, column based data store. Available as appliance or cloud service

Primary database model

Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine

Relational DBMS

Multivalue DBMS

Relational DBMS

Secondary database models

Document store
Graph DBMS

with SAP Hana, Enterprise Edition
Spatial DBMS

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Score	3.32
Rank	#90	Overall
	#15	Document stores
	#5	Graph DBMS
	#12	Key-value stores
	#10	Search engines

Score	1.20
Rank	#169	Overall
	#78	Relational DBMS

Score	1.27
Rank	#167	Overall
	#77	Relational DBMS

Score	0.27
Rank	#298	Overall
	#10	Multivalue DBMS

Score	44.69
Rank	#22	Overall
	#16	Relational DBMS

Website

arangodb.com

cubrid.com (korean)
cubrid.org (english)

hughestech.com.au/products/msql

www.rocketsoftware.com/products/rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/rocket-open-qm

www.sap.com/products/hana.html

Technical documentation

docs.arangodb.com

cubrid.org/manuals

help.sap.com/hana

Social network pages

Developer

ArangoDB Inc.

CUBRID Corporation, CUBRID Foundation

Hughes Technologies

Rocket Software, originally Martin Phillips

SAP

Initial release

2012

2008

1994

1993

2010

Current release

3.11.5, November 2023

11.0, January 2021

4.4, October 2021

3.4-12

2.0 SPS07 (April 4, 2023), April 2023

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) available

Open Source

Apache Version 2.0

commercial

free licenses can be provided

Open Source

GPLv2, extended commercial license available

commercial

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

also available as a cloud based service

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Implementation language

C++

C, C++, Java

Server operating systems

Linux
OS X
Windows

Linux
Windows

AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows

AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows

Appliance or cloud-service

Data scheme

schema-free

automatically recognizes schema within a collection

yes

with some exceptions

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

string, double, boolean, list, hash

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

yes

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

A subset of ANSI SQL is implemented

no subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggers

yes

APIs and other access methods

AQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream

ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB

JDBC
ODBC

Supported programming languages

C#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust

C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby

C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl

.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

JavaScript

Java Stored Procedures

yes

SQLScript, R

Triggers

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

Sharding

since version 2.0

none

yes

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

Source-replica replication with configurable replication factor

Source-replica replication

none

yes

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

can be done with stored procedures in JavaScript

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Eventual Consistency

configurable per collection or per write
Immediate Consistency
OneShard (highly available, fault-tolerant deployment mode with ACID semantics)

Immediate Consistency

none

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

relationships in graphs

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

User concepts

Access control

yes

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

Access rights can be defined down to the item level

yes

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Specific characteristics

Graph and Beyond. With more than 11,000 stargazers on GitHub, ArangoDB is the leading...
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Competitive advantages

Consolidation: As a native multi-model database, can be used as a full blown document...
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Typical application scenarios

Native multi-model in ArangoDB is being used for a broad range of projects across...
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Key customers

Cisco, Barclays, Refinitive, Siemens Mentor, Kabbage, Liaison, Douglas, MakeMyTrip,...
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Market metrics

ArangoDB is the leading native multi-model database with over 11,000 stargazers on...
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Licensing and pricing models

Very permissive Apache 2 License for Community Edition & commercial licenses are...
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