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DBMS > MaxDB vs. Realm vs. SpatiaLite vs. STSdb

System Properties Comparison MaxDB vs. Realm vs. SpatiaLite vs. STSdb

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NameMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataSpatial extension of SQLiteKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeSpatial DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score2.32
Rank#112  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score1.60
Rank#149  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Websitemaxdb.sap.comrealm.iowww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­indexgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationrealm.io/­docswww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.html
DeveloperSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997Realm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019Alessandro FurieriSTS Soft SC
Initial release1984201420082011
Current release7.9.10.12, February 20245.0.0, August 20204.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen SourceOpen Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1Open Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
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
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
server-lessWindows
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyesno
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
.NET Client API
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessarynono
Triggersyesyes infoChange Listenersyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnonenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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.noyes infoIn-Memory realmyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesnono

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