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DBMS > MonetDB vs. Pinecone vs. UniData,UniVerse

System Properties Comparison MonetDB vs. Pinecone vs. UniData,UniVerse

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NameMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  Xexclude from comparisonUniData,UniVerse  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA relational database management system that stores data in columnsA managed, cloud-native vector databaseMultiValue database and application server with SQL mapping layer and meta database capabilities
Primary database modelRelational DBMSVector DBMSMultivalue DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
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Score1.72
Rank#148  Overall
#68  Relational DBMS
Score3.29
Rank#94  Overall
#2  Vector DBMS
Score3.47
Rank#93  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Websitewww.monetdb.orgwww.pinecone.iowww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-unidata
Technical documentationwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationdocs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overviewdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?cluster=true&labelkey=unidata&labelkey=prod_unidata
DeveloperMonetDB BVPinecone Systems, IncRocket Software
Initial release200420191985
Current releaseDec2023 (11.49), December 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageCC
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesString, Number, Booleanoptional
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.no
Secondary indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP APIJava API infoJPA
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Python.Net
Basic infoU2 Basic
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes, in SQL, C, Ryes
Triggersyesyes infoU2 Basic
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding via remote tablesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infoconfigurable
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.no
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights according to SQL-standard and operating system based

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