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System Properties Comparison IBM Db2 vs. SurrealDB

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NameIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionCommon in IBM host environments, 2 different versions for host and Windows/LinuxA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMS infoSince Version 10.5 support for JSON/BSON documents compatible with MongoDBDocument store
Graph 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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Score126.40
Rank#8  Overall
#6  Relational DBMS
Score1.08
Rank#176  Overall
#30  Document stores
#16  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.ibm.com/­products/­db2surrealdb.com
Technical documentationwww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2surrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperIBMSurrealDB Ltd
Initial release1983 infohost version2022
Current release12.1, October 2016v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree version is availableOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenono
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Implementation languageC and C++Rust
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes
Secondary indexesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
JSON style queries infoMongoDB compatible
ODBC
XQuery
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Visual Basic
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes
Triggersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoonly with Windows/Unix/Linux Version
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infowith separate tools (MQ, InfoSphere)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes, based on authentication and database rules

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IBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2SurrealDB
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