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DBMS > Hyprcubd vs. Informix vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. PostGIS vs. Realm

System Properties Comparison Hyprcubd vs. Informix vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. PostGIS vs. Realm

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NameHyprcubd  Xexclude from comparisonInformix  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparison
Hyprcubd seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionServerless Time Series DBMSA secure embeddable database from IBM, positioned besides IBM Db2 as a relatively low-cost product optimized for OLTP and Internet of Things dataSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentSpatial extension of PostgreSQLA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core Data
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypes compatible with MongoDBSearch engineSpatial DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS infowith Informix TimeSeries Extension
Vector DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score17.87
Rank#35  Overall
#22  Relational DBMS
Score5.59
Rank#63  Overall
#7  Search engines
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Websitehyprcubd.com (offline)www.ibm.com/­products/­informixazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchpostgis.netrealm.io
Technical documentationinformix.hcldoc.com
www.ibm.com/­support/­knowledgecenter/­SSGU8G/­welcomeIfxServers.html
learn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchpostgis.net/­documentationrealm.io/­docs
DeveloperHyprcubd, Inc.IBM, HCL Technologies infoEffective May 1st, 2017, HCL took on development, technical support, and product management teams, and works jointly with IBM on product strategy, marketing, and sales.MicrosoftRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019
Initial release1984201520052014
Current release14.10.FC5, November 2020V13.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree developer edition availablecommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnoyesnono
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Implementation languageGoC, C++ and JavaC
Server operating systemshostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
hostedAndroid
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infotime, int, uint, float, stringyes infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypesyesyesyes
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageyesnoyesno
APIs and other access methodsgRPC (https)JDBC
JSON API infoMongoDB compatible
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnouser defined functionsno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary
Triggersnoyesnoyesyes infoChange Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyes infobased on PostgreSQLnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyes infobased on PostgreSQLnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datanoyesyesyes
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.noyesnonoyes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controltoken accessUsers with fine-grained authentication, authorization, and auditing controlsyes infousing Azure authenticationyes infobased on PostgreSQLyes

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