DBMS > Immudb vs. jBASE vs. PostGIS vs. RocksDB vs. SAP Advantage Database Server

System Properties Comparison Immudb vs. jBASE vs. PostGIS vs. RocksDB vs. SAP Advantage Database Server

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Name

SAP Advantage Database Server seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.

Description

An open source immutable (append-only) database with cryptographic verification which makes it tamper-resistant and fully auditable.

A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middleware

Spatial extension of PostgreSQL

Embeddable persistent key-value store optimized for fast storage (flash and RAM)

Low-cost RDBMS with access to ISAM and FoxPro data structures

Primary database model

Secondary database models

Relational DBMS

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Trend Chart

Score	0.31
Rank	#295	Overall
	#42	Key-value stores

Score	1.49
Rank	#156	Overall
	#3	Multivalue DBMS

Score	21.72
Rank	#29	Overall
	#1	Spatial DBMS

Score	3.41
Rank	#86	Overall
	#11	Key-value stores

Website

github.com/codenotary/immudb
immudb.io

www.rocketsoftware.com/products/rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/rocket-jbase

postgis.net

rocksdb.org

www.sap.com/products/advantage-database-server.html

Technical documentation

docs.immudb.io

docs.rocketsoftware.com/bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9

postgis.net/documentation

github.com/facebook/rocksdb/wiki

Developer

Codenotary

Rocket Software (formerly Zumasys)

Facebook, Inc.

Sybase, SAP

Initial release

2020

1991

2005

2013

1993

Current release

1.2.3, April 2022

5.7

3.4.2, February 2024

9.2.1, May 2024

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache Version 2.0

commercial

Open Source

GPL v2.0

Open Source

BSD

commercial

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Database as a Service

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Implementation language

C++

Server operating systems

BSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
z/OS

AIX
Linux
Windows

Linux

Linux
Windows

Data scheme

schema-free

yes

schema-free

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

optional

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

yes

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

SQL-like syntax

Embedded SQL for jBASE in BASIC

yes

APIs and other access methods

gRPC protocol
PostgreSQL wire protocol

JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API

C++ API
Java API

.NET Client API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB

Supported programming languages

.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python

.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java

C
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby

Delphi
Perl
PHP

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes

user defined functions

yes

Triggers

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

Sharding

yes

based on PostgreSQL

horizontal partitioning

none

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

yes

based on PostgreSQL

yes

Multi-source replication

CONFLICT Trigger to resolve replication conflicts
Source-replica replication

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

yes

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

caching of (temporary) tables can be configured

User concepts

Access control

Access rights can be defined down to the item level

yes

based on PostgreSQL

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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