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System Properties Comparison MaxDB vs. STSdb vs. TDengine vs. VelocityDB vs. Vertica

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NameMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparisonTDengine  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparisonVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing methodTime Series DBMS and big data platformA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)Cloud or off-cloud analytical database and query engine for structured and semi-structured streaming and batch data. Machine learning platform with built-in algorithms, data preparation capabilities, and model evaluation and management via SQL or Python.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeTime Series DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS infoColumn oriented
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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Score2.26
Rank#114  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#357  Overall
#51  Key-value stores
Score2.68
Rank#106  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#354  Overall
#37  Graph DBMS
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Score10.06
Rank#42  Overall
#26  Relational DBMS
Websitemaxdb.sap.comgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4github.com/­taosdata/­TDengine
tdengine.com
velocitydb.comwww.vertica.com
Technical documentationmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationdocs.tdengine.comvelocitydb.com/­UserGuidevertica.com/­documentation
DeveloperSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997STS Soft SCTDEngine, previously Taos DataVelocityDB IncOpenText infopreviously Micro Focus and Hewlett Packard
Initial release19842011201920112005
Current release7.9.10.12, February 20244.0.8, September 20153.0, August 20227.x12.0.3, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license availableOpen Source infoAGPL V3, also commercial editions availablecommercialcommercial infoLimited community edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono infoon-premises, all major clouds - Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and containers
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Implementation languageC++C#CC#C++
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
WindowsLinux
Windows
Any that supports .NETLinux
Data schemeyesyesyesyesYes, but also semi-structure/unstructured data storage, and complex hierarchical data (like Parquet) stored and/or queried.
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)yesyesyes
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 indexesyesnonoyesNo Indexes Required. Different internal optimization strategy, but same functionality included.
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoStandard SQL with extensions for time-series applicationsnoFull 1999 standard plus machine learning, time series and geospatial. Over 650 functions.
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
.NET Client APIJDBC
RESTful HTTP API
.NetADO.NET
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spark Connector
vSQL infocharacter-based, interactive, front-end utility
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
C#
Java
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Rust
.NetC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnononoyes, PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL, with minor differences
Triggersyesnoyes, via alarm monitoringCallbacks are triggered when data changesyes, called Custom Alerts
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingShardinghorizontal partitioning, hierarchical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneyesMulti-source replication infoOne, or more copies of data replicated across nodes, or object-store used for repository.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono infoBi-directional Spark integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID
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.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoyesBased on Windows Authenticationfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard; supports Kerberos, LDAP, Ident and hash
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MaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-DSTSdbTDengineVelocityDBVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™
Specific characteristicsTDengine™ is a next generation data historian purpose-built for Industry 4.0 and...
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Deploy-anywhere database for large-scale analytical deployments. Deploy off-cloud,...
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Competitive advantagesHigh Performance at any Scale: TDengine is purpose-built for handling massive industrial...
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Fast, scalable, and capable of high concurrency. Separation of compute/storage leverages...
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Typical application scenariosTDengine is designed for Industrial IoT scenarios, including: Manufacturing Connected...
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Communication and network analytics, Embedded analytics, Fraud monitoring and Risk...
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Key customersAbiba Systems, Adform, adMarketplace, AmeriPride, Anritsu, AOL, Avito, Auckland Transport,...
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Market metricsTDengine has garnered over 22,500 stars on GitHub and is used in over 50 countries...
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Licensing and pricing modelsTDengine OSS is an open source, cloud native time series database. It includes built-in...
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Cost-based models and subscription-based models are both available. One license is...
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