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NameArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionNative multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.Common in IBM host environments, 2 different versions for host and Windows/LinuxHigh performance Time Series DBMSDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application server
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Relational DBMS infoSince Version 10.5 support for JSON/BSON documents compatible with MongoDBTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Native XML DBMS
Search engine
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store infoin Db2 LUW (Linux, Unix, Windows)
Spatial DBMS infowith Db2 Spatial Extender
Relational DBMS
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Score3.32
Rank#90  Overall
#15  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score128.46
Rank#8  Overall
#5  Relational DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#25  Search engines
Websitearangodb.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2kx.comwww.searchxml.net/­category/­products
Technical documentationdocs.arangodb.comwww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2code.kx.comwww.searchxml.net/­support/­handouts
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterYouTubeFacebookInstagram
DeveloperArangoDB Inc.IBMKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcinformationpartners gmbh
Initial release20121983 infohost version2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032015
Current release3.11.5, November 202312.1, October 20163.6, May 20181.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availablecommercial infofree version is availablecommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C and C++qC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Windows
Data schemeschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectionyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashyesyesyes
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.yesyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL-like query language (q)no
APIs and other access methodsAQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
ADO.NET
JDBC
JSON style queries infoMongoDB compatible
ODBC
XQuery
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
RESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
C
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Visual Basic
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIs
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJavaScriptyesuser defined functionsyes infoon the application server
Triggersnoyesyes infowith viewsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infosince version 2.0Sharding infoonly with Windows/Unix/Linux Versionhorizontal partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication with configurable replication factoryes infowith separate tools (MQ, InfoSphere)Source-replica replicationyes infosychronisation to multiple collections
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoconfigurable per collection or per write
Immediate Consistency
OneShard (highly available, fault-tolerant deployment mode with ACID semantics)
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes inforelationships in graphsyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnomultiple readers, single writer
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardrights management via user accountsDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application services
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ArangoDBIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2Kdbsearchxml
Specific characteristicsGraph and Beyond. With more than 11,000 stargazers on GitHub, ArangoDB is the leading...
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Integrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesConsolidation: As a native multi-model database, can be used as a full blown document...
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provides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariosNative multi-model in ArangoDB is being used for a broad range of projects across...
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tick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersCisco, Barclays, Refinitive, Siemens Mentor, Kabbage, Liaison, Douglas, MakeMyTrip,...
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Goldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricsArangoDB is the leading native multi-model database with over 11,000 stargazers on...
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kdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsVery permissive Apache 2 License for Community Edition & commercial licenses are...
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