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DBMS > MaxDB vs. OrigoDB vs. SAP IQ vs. TimescaleDB

System Properties Comparison MaxDB vs. OrigoDB vs. SAP IQ vs. TimescaleDB

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NameMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparisonTimescaleDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analyticsA time series DBMS optimized for fast ingest and complex queries, based on PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS infocolumn-orientedTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.65
Rank#111  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#378  Overall
#51  Document stores
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score3.27
Rank#96  Overall
#50  Relational DBMS
Score4.87
Rank#74  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Websitemaxdb.sap.comorigodb.comwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.htmlwww.timescale.com
Technical documentationmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationorigodb.com/­docshelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQdocs.timescale.com
DeveloperSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997Robert Friberg et alSAP, formerly SybaseTimescale
Initial release19842009 infounder the name LiveDB19942017
Current release7.9.10.12, February 202416.1 SPS04, April 20192.13.0, November 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C#C
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyesnumerics, strings, booleans, arrays, JSON blobs, geospatial dimensions, currencies, binary data, other complex data types
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.nono infocan be achieved using .NETnoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyesyes infofull PostgreSQL SQL syntax
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
.NetC
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java infoJDBC
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesyesuser defined functions, PL/pgSQL, PL/Tcl, PL/Perl, PL/Python, PL/Java, PL/PHP, PL/R, PL/Ruby, PL/Scheme, PL/Unix shell
Triggersyesyes infoDomain Eventsyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexeryes, across time and space (hash partitioning) attributes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationSAP/Sybase Replication ServerSource-replica replication with hot standby and reads on replicas info
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoHadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesdepending on modelyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoWrite ahead logyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole based authorizationfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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