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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. MaxDB vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. OpenEdge

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. MaxDB vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. OpenEdge

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentApplication development environment with integrated database management system
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSSearch engineRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS
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Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score2.26
Rank#114  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score5.52
Rank#59  Overall
#6  Search engines
Score3.45
Rank#85  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.commaxdb.sap.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchwww.progress.com/­openedge
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationlearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchdocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latest
DeveloperSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997MicrosoftProgress Software Corporation
Initial release2016198420151984
Current release7.9.10.12, February 2024V1OpenEdge 12.2, March 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercial infoLimited community edition freecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languagePythonC++
Server operating systemsLinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
hostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes
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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnoyes infoclose to SQL 92
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
RESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
Progress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language)
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyes
Triggersyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicehorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infousing Azure authenticationUsers and groups

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