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System Properties Comparison IBM Db2 vs. InfluxDB vs. jBASE vs. Rockset vs. SWC-DB

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NameIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionCommon in IBM host environments, 2 different versions for host and Windows/LinuxDBMS for storing time series, events and metricsA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMS infoSince Version 10.5 support for JSON/BSON documents compatible with MongoDBTime Series DBMSMultivalue DBMSDocument storeWide column store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store infoin Db2 LUW (Linux, Unix, Windows)
Spatial DBMS infowith Db2 Spatial Extender
Spatial DBMS infowith GEO packageRelational DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score128.46
Rank#8  Overall
#5  Relational DBMS
Score25.83
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.01
Rank#376  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websitewww.ibm.com/­products/­db2www.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbaserockset.comgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationwww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2docs.influxdata.com/­influxdbdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9docs.rockset.com
DeveloperIBMRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)RocksetAlex Kashirin
Initial release1983 infohost version2013199120192020
Current release12.1, October 20162.7.6, April 20245.70.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree version is availableOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availablecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageC and C++GoC++C++
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
Linux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
AIX
Linux
Windows
hostedLinux
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumeric data and Stringsoptionaldynamic typing
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.noyesno infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesyesnoall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query languageEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
JSON style queries infoMongoDB compatible
ODBC
XQuery
HTTP API
JSON over UDP
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
HTTP RESTProprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Visual Basic
.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyesnono
Triggersyesnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoonly with Windows/Unix/Linux VersionSharding infoin enterprise version onlyShardingAutomatic shardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infowith separate tools (MQ, InfoSphere)selectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlyyesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.yes infoDepending on used storage engineyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardsimple rights management via user accountsAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console
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IBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2InfluxDBjBASERocksetSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database
Specific characteristicsInfluxData is the creator of InfluxDB , the open source time series database. It...
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Competitive advantagesTime to Value InfluxDB is available in all the popular languages and frameworks,...
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Typical application scenariosIoT & Sensor Monitoring Developers are witnessing the instrumentation of every available...
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Key customersInfluxData has more than 1,900 paying customers, including customers include MuleSoft,...
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Market metricsFastest-growing database to drive 27,500 GitHub stars Over 750,000 daily active instances
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source core with closed source clustering available either on-premise or on...
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