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DBMS > EXASOL vs. HarperDB vs. IBM Db2 vs. SAP IQ vs. TigerGraph

System Properties Comparison EXASOL vs. HarperDB vs. IBM Db2 vs. SAP IQ vs. TigerGraph

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NameEXASOL  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh-performance, in-memory, MPP database specifically designed for in-memory analytics.HarperDB takes the "stack" out of "tech stack" by combining an ultra-fast document-style data store, in-memory cache, real-time message broker, and your application components into a single distributed technology.Common in IBM host environments, 2 different versions for host and Windows/LinuxColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analyticsA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS infoSince Version 10.5 support for JSON/BSON documents compatible with MongoDBRelational DBMS infocolumn-orientedGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store infoin Db2 LUW (Linux, Unix, Windows)
Spatial DBMS infowith Db2 Spatial Extender
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.66
Rank#138  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#243  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score123.05
Rank#9  Overall
#6  Relational DBMS
Score2.56
Rank#106  Overall
#52  Relational DBMS
Score1.44
Rank#152  Overall
#14  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.exasol.comwww.harperdb.iowww.ibm.com/­products/­db2www.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.htmlwww.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationwww.exasol.com/­resourcesdocs.harperdb.io/­docswww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2help.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQdocs.tigergraph.com
DeveloperExasolHarperDBIBMSAP, formerly Sybase
Initial release200020171983 infohost version19942017
Current release3.1, August 202112.1, October 201616.1 SPS04, April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree community edition availablecommercial infofree version is availablecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageNode.jsC and C++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesdynamic schemayesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoJSON data typesyesyesyes
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 SQLyesSQL-like data manipulation statementsyesyesSQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methods.Net
JDBC
ODBC
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
JSON style queries infoMongoDB compatible
ODBC
XQuery
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJava
Lua
Python
R
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
C
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Visual Basic
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsCustom Functions infosince release 3.1yesyesyes
Triggersyesnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterSharding infoonly with Windows/Unix/Linux Versionshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexer
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedyes infowith separate tools (MQ, InfoSphere)SAP/Sybase Replication Server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoHadoop integrationnonoHadoop integrationyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, using LMDByesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access control

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