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DBMS > MaxDB vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. SAP Advantage Database Server vs. SurrealDB vs. Yanza

System Properties Comparison MaxDB vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. SAP Advantage Database Server vs. SurrealDB vs. Yanza

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NameMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data Warehouse  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADS  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparisonYanza  Xexclude from comparison
SAP Advantage Database Server seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.Yanza seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsElastic, large scale data warehouse service leveraging the broad eco-system of SQL ServerLow-cost RDBMS with access to ISAM and FoxPro data structuresA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMSTime Series DBMS for IoT Applications
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.32
Rank#112  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score20.56
Rank#31  Overall
#19  Relational DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#203  Overall
#34  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Websitemaxdb.sap.comazure.microsoft.com/­services/­synapse-analyticswww.sap.com/products/advantage-database-server.htmlsurrealdb.comyanza.com
Technical documentationmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationdocs.microsoft.com/­azure/­synapse-analyticssurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997MicrosoftSybase, SAPSurrealDB LtdYanza
Initial release19842016199320222015
Current release7.9.10.12, February 2024v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoLimited community edition freecommercialcommercialOpen Sourcecommercial infofree version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono infobut mainly used as a service provided by Yanza
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++C++Rust
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
hostedLinux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesno
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesyesSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
C#
Java
PHP
Delphi
Perl
PHP
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
any language that supports HTTP calls
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesTransact SQLyesno
Triggersyesnoyesyes infoTimer and event based
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding, horizontal partitioningnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyesMulti-source replication infoCONFLICT Trigger to resolve replication conflicts
Source-replica replication
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno infodocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­synapse-analytics/­sql-data-warehouse/­sql-data-warehouse-table-constraintsyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACIDno
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.nono infocaching of (temporary) tables can be configured
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes, based on authentication and database rulesno

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MaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-DMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data WarehouseSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADSSurrealDBYanza
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