Compare Adabas and Confluent - Jul 2022

Shlomi Lavi

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Adabas or Confluent?

Adabas is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Confluent, and Confluent is rated higher (82/100) than Adabas (73/100). Adabas offers users more features (3) than Confluent (0).

Looking for the right Database Management solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

Software AG Vs. Confluent

Software AG: Software AG is a business infrastructure software provider with products in various technologies like DBMS, application modernization, SOA, BPMS and ESB. 

Confluent: Confluent is a stream data platform powered by Apache Kafka and is founded by the team that built Kafka at LinkedIn. The founders went through the process of fully instrumenting everything that happens in a company and making it available as real-time Kafka feeds to all data systems like Hadoop, Search, Newsfeed and so on. At LinkedIn, this platfor...

Who is more expensive? Adabas or Confluent?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Database Management software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for Adabas and Confluent.

Adabas accurate pricing info is available upon request (they don't share it publicly), however , On a scale between 1 to 10 Adabas is rated 4, which is lower than the average cost of Database Management software. Confluent price starts at $1.50 per hour , When comparing Confluent to its competitors, the software is rated 4 - lower than the average Database Management software cost.

Bottom line: Adabas cost is around the same cost of Confluent.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Adabas Vs. Confluent based on some of the most important and required Database Management features.

Adabas: Data Import/Export, Basic Reports, Online Customer Support.

Confluent: We are still working to collect the list of features for Confluent.

Target customer size

The software can be deployed for efficient database management of any business regardless of the operation type and size. and Confluent's target customer size include: SMBs.