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DBMS > MaxDB vs. NSDb vs. OpenEdge vs. SurrealDB

System Properties Comparison MaxDB vs. NSDb vs. OpenEdge vs. SurrealDB

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NameMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonNSDb  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsScalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of KubernetesApplication development environment with integrated database management systemA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
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Score2.26
Rank#114  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#369  Overall
#40  Time Series DBMS
Score3.45
Rank#85  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Score1.02
Rank#190  Overall
#33  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Websitemaxdb.sap.comnsdb.iowww.progress.com/­openedgesurrealdb.com
Technical documentationmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationnsdb.io/­Architecturedocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latestsurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997Progress Software CorporationSurrealDB Ltd
Initial release1984201719842022
Current release7.9.10.12, February 2024OpenEdge 12.2, March 2020v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++Java, ScalaRust
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes: int, bigint, decimal, stringyesyes
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.nonoyes
Secondary indexesyesall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query languageyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
gRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Java
Scala
Progress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language)Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyes
Triggersyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardinghorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesUsing Apache Luceneyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers and groupsyes, based on authentication and database rules

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MaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-DNSDbOpenEdgeSurrealDB
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