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System Properties Comparison eXtremeDB vs. InfinityDB vs. MaxDB vs. OrigoDB vs. Prometheus

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NameeXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPrometheus  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionNatively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringA Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseOpen-source Time Series DBMS and monitoring system
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Key-value storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.74
Rank#223  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#378  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
Score2.32
Rank#112  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#53  Document stores
#20  Object oriented DBMS
Score8.42
Rank#47  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.mcobject.comboilerbay.commaxdb.sap.comorigodb.comprometheus.io
Technical documentationwww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationorigodb.com/­docsprometheus.io/­docs
DeveloperMcObjectBoiler Bay Inc.SAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997Robert Friberg et al
Initial release2001200219842009 infounder the name LiveDB2015
Current release8.2, 20214.07.9.10.12, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC and C++JavaC++C#Go
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VMAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsNumeric data only
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.no infosupport of XML interfaces availablenonono infocan be achieved using .NETno infoImport of XML data possible
Secondary indexesyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLnoyesnono
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
Java.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net.Net
C++
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyesyesno
Triggersyes infoby defining eventsnoyesyes infoDomain Eventsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning / shardingnonenonehorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesActive Replication Fabric™ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
noneSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationyes infoby Federation
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesdepending on modelno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoWrite ahead logyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnonoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole based authorizationno
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eXtremeDBInfinityDBMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-DOrigoDBPrometheus
Specific characteristicseXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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Competitive advantageseXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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Typical application scenariosIoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
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Key customersSchneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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Market metricsWith hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
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Licensing and pricing modelsFor server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
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