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DBMS > Amazon SimpleDB vs. Apache Drill vs. EsgynDB vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. Sadas Engine

System Properties Comparison Amazon SimpleDB vs. Apache Drill vs. EsgynDB vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. Sadas Engine

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NameAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data Warehouse  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHosted simple database service by Amazon, with the data stored in the Amazon Cloud. infoThere is an unrelated product called SimpleDB developed by Edward ScioreSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionElastic, large scale data warehouse service leveraging the broad eco-system of SQL ServerSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environments
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score1.88
Rank#133  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
Score2.02
Rank#124  Overall
#22  Document stores
#59  Relational DBMS
Score0.25
Rank#312  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Score19.93
Rank#31  Overall
#19  Relational DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#373  Overall
#157  Relational DBMS
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­simpledbdrill.apache.orgwww.esgyn.cnazure.microsoft.com/­services/­synapse-analyticswww.sadasengine.com
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbdrill.apache.org/­docsdocs.microsoft.com/­azure/­synapse-analyticswww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentation
DeveloperAmazonApache Software FoundationEsgynMicrosoftSADAS s.r.l.
Initial release20072012201520162006
Current release1.20.3, January 20238.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercialcommercial infofree trial version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonoyesno
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Implementation languageC++, JavaC++C++
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxhostedAIX
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes
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 indexesyes infoAll columns are indexed automaticallynoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantyesyesyes
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C++All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetC#
Java
PHP
.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsJava Stored ProceduresTransact SQLno
Triggersnonononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationShardingShardingSharding, horizontal partitioninghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesMulti-source replication between multi datacentersyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
noneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno infodocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­synapse-analytics/­sql-data-warehouse/­sql-data-warehouse-table-constraintsyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoConcurrent data updates can be detected by the applicationnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourcenoyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)Depending on the underlying data sourcefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard

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