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DBMS > MaxDB vs. PostGIS vs. RavenDB vs. Spark SQL vs. Transwarp ArgoDB

System Properties Comparison MaxDB vs. PostGIS vs. RavenDB vs. Spark SQL vs. Transwarp ArgoDB

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NameMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonRavenDB  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp ArgoDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsSpatial extension of PostgreSQLOpen Source Operational and Transactional Enterprise NoSQL Document DatabaseSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingDistributed Analytical Database to replace Hadoop+MPP hybrid architecture
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Search engine
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Score2.26
Rank#114  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score2.84
Rank#101  Overall
#18  Document stores
Score18.04
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#348  Overall
#151  Relational DBMS
Websitemaxdb.sap.compostgis.netravendb.netspark.apache.org/­sqlwww.transwarp.cn/­en/­product/­argodb
Technical documentationmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationpostgis.net/­documentationravendb.net/­docsspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.htmldocs.transwarp.cn/­#/­documents-support/­docs?category=ARGODB
DeveloperSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997Hibernating RhinosApache Software FoundationTranswarp
Initial release1984200520102014
Current release7.9.10.12, February 20243.4.2, February 20245.4, July 20223.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoAGPL version 3, commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++CC#Scala
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesyes
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.noyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesSQL-like query language (RQL)SQL-like DML and DDL statementsyes
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
.NET Client API
F# Client API
Go Client API
Java Client API
NodeJS Client API
PHP Client API
Python Client API
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net
C#
F#
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsyesno
Triggersyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes infobased on PostgreSQLShardingyes, utilizing Spark Core
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes infobased on PostgreSQLMulti-source replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyDefault ACID transactions on the local node (eventually consistent across the cluster). Atomic operations with cluster-wide ACID transactions. Eventual consistency for indexes and full-text search indexes.
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID, Cluster-wide transaction availableno
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.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infobased on PostgreSQLAuthorization levels configured per client per databaseno

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