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DBMS > Datomic vs. MaxDB vs. RisingWave vs. SAP Advantage Database Server

System Properties Comparison Datomic vs. MaxDB vs. RisingWave vs. SAP Advantage Database Server

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NameDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonRisingWave  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADS  Xexclude from comparison
SAP Advantage Database Server seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsA distributed RDBMS for stream processing, wire-compatible with PostgreSQLLow-cost RDBMS with access to ISAM and FoxPro data structures
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score1.66
Rank#144  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score2.26
Rank#114  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score0.64
Rank#238  Overall
#110  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.datomic.commaxdb.sap.comwww.risingwave.com/­databasewww.sap.com/products/advantage-database-server.html
Technical documentationdocs.datomic.commaxdb.sap.com/­documentationdocs.risingwave.com/­docs/­current/­intro
DeveloperCognitectSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997RisingWave LabsSybase, SAP
Initial release2012198420221993
Current release1.0.7075, December 20237.9.10.12, February 20241.2, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infolimited edition freecommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJava, ClojureC++Rust
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesStandard SQL-types and JSONyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyesyes
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
.NET Client API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languagesClojure
Java
.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Delphi
Perl
PHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoTransaction FunctionsyesUDFs in Python or Javayes
TriggersBy using transaction functionsyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication infoCONFLICT Trigger to resolve replication conflicts
Source-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 dataACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes inforecommended only for testing and developmentnoyesno infocaching of (temporary) tables can be configured
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers and Rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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