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DBMS > Informix vs. jBASE vs. PieCloudDB vs. Prometheus

System Properties Comparison Informix vs. jBASE vs. PieCloudDB vs. Prometheus

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NameInformix  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonPieCloudDB  Xexclude from comparisonPrometheus  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA secure embeddable database from IBM, positioned besides IBM Db2 as a relatively low-cost product optimized for OLTP and Internet of Things dataA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareA cloud-native analytic database platform with new technologoy for elastic MPPOpen-source Time Series DBMS and monitoring system
Primary database modelRelational DBMS infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypes compatible with MongoDBMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS infowith Informix TimeSeries Extension
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score17.12
Rank#34  Overall
#21  Relational DBMS
Score1.49
Rank#156  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.32
Rank#289  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score7.69
Rank#50  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.ibm.com/­products/­informixwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasewww.openpie.comprometheus.io
Technical documentationinformix.hcldoc.com
www.ibm.com/­support/­knowledgecenter/­SSGU8G/­welcomeIfxServers.html
docs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9prometheus.io/­docs
DeveloperIBM, 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.Rocket Software (formerly Zumasys)OpenPie
Initial release198419912015
Current release14.10.FC5, November 20205.72.1, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree developer edition availablecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageC, C++ and JavaGo
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
hostedLinux
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypesoptionalyesNumeric 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.yesno infoImport of XML data possible
Secondary indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
JSON API infoMongoDB compatible
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
Java
PL/SQL
Python
R
.Net
C++
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesuser defined functionsno
Triggersyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingyesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yesyesyes infoby Federation
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authentication, authorization, and auditing controlsAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelUser Roles and pluggable authentication with full SQL Standardno
More information provided by the system vendor
InformixjBASEPieCloudDBPrometheus
Specific characteristicsPieCloudDB, OpenPie's flagship product, is a cutting-edge cloud-native data warehouse....
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Competitive advantagesExtreme Elastic: PieCloudDB utilizes a cutting-edge eMPP cloud-native architecture...
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Typical application scenariosPieCloudDB is ideal for Data mining applications that require extreme scalability...
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Key customersSail-Cloud China Shipbuilding Group Haizhou System Soochow Securities ​etc.,
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Licensing and pricing modelsPieCloudDB Community Edition: Community License, Free Download, Self-Hosted Deployment;...
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