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DBMS > Geode vs. MaxDB vs. UniData,UniVerse vs. Vertica vs. Vitess

System Properties Comparison Geode vs. MaxDB vs. UniData,UniVerse vs. Vertica vs. Vitess

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NameGeode  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonUniData,UniVerse  Xexclude from comparisonVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™  Xexclude from comparisonVitess  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGeode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processesA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsMultiValue database and application server with SQL mapping layer and meta database capabilitiesCloud or off-cloud analytical database and query engine for structured and semi-structured streaming and batch data. Machine learning platform with built-in algorithms, data preparation capabilities, and model evaluation and management via SQL or Python.Scalable, distributed, cloud-native DBMS, extending MySQL
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMS infoColumn orientedRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.86
Rank#134  Overall
#24  Key-value stores
Score2.26
Rank#114  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score2.85
Rank#98  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Score10.06
Rank#42  Overall
#26  Relational DBMS
Score0.88
Rank#203  Overall
#95  Relational DBMS
Websitegeode.apache.orgmaxdb.sap.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-unidatawww.vertica.comvitess.io
Technical documentationgeode.apache.org/­docsmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?cluster=true&labelkey=unidata&labelkey=prod_unidatavertica.com/­documentationvitess.io/­docs
DeveloperOriginally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.SAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997Rocket SoftwareOpenText infopreviously Micro Focus and Hewlett PackardThe Linux Foundation, PlanetScale
Initial release20021984198520052013
Current release1.1, February 20177.9.10.12, February 202412.0.3, January 202315.0.2, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as Gemfirecommercial infoLimited community edition freecommercialcommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono infoon-premises, all major clouds - Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and containersno
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Implementation languageJavaC++CC++Go
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
LinuxDocker
Linux
macOS
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeYes, but also semi-structure/unstructured data storage, and complex hierarchical data (like Parquet) stored and/or queried.yes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptionalyesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesNo Indexes Required. Different internal optimization strategy, but same functionality included.yes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (OQL)yesyesFull 1999 standard plus machine learning, time series and geospatial. Over 650 functions.yes infowith proprietary extensions
APIs and other access methodsJava Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
Java API infoJPA
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
ADO.NET
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spark Connector
vSQL infocharacter-based, interactive, front-end utility
ADO.NET
JDBC
MySQL protocol
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net
Basic infoU2 Basic
C
Java
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyesyesyes, PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL, with minor differencesyes infoproprietary syntax
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersyesyes infoU2 Basicyes, called Custom Alertsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenonehorizontal partitioning, hierarchical partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication infoOne, or more copies of data replicated across nodes, or object-store used for repository.Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono infoBi-directional Spark integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency across shards
Immediate Consistency within a shard
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyesyes infonot for MyISAM storage engine
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes, on a single nodeACIDACID infoconfigurableACIDACID at shard level
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes infotable locks or row locks depending on storage engine
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights per client and object definablefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights according to SQL-standard and operating system basedfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard; supports Kerberos, LDAP, Ident and hashUsers with fine-grained authorization concept infono user groups or roles
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GeodeMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-DUniData,UniVerseVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™Vitess
Specific characteristicsDeploy-anywhere database for large-scale analytical deployments. Deploy off-cloud,...
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Competitive advantagesFast, scalable, and capable of high concurrency. Separation of compute/storage leverages...
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Typical application scenariosCommunication and network analytics, Embedded analytics, Fraud monitoring and Risk...
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Key customersAbiba Systems, Adform, adMarketplace, AmeriPride, Anritsu, AOL, Avito, Auckland Transport,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsCost-based models and subscription-based models are both available. One license is...
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