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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. GBase vs. Google Cloud Spanner vs. MonetDB vs. SAP Advantage Database Server

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. GBase vs. Google Cloud Spanner vs. MonetDB vs. SAP Advantage Database Server

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Spanner  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADS  Xexclude from comparison
SAP Advantage Database Server seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageWidely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.A horizontally scalable, globally consistent, relational database service. It is the externalization of the core Google database that runs the biggest aspects of Google, like Ads and Google Play.A relational database management system that stores data in columnsLow-cost RDBMS with access to ISAM and FoxPro data structures
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.90
Rank#126  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score1.11
Rank#173  Overall
#78  Relational DBMS
Score2.69
Rank#101  Overall
#51  Relational DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#135  Overall
#62  Relational DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgwww.gbase.cncloud.google.com/­spannerwww.monetdb.orgwww.sap.com/products/advantage-database-server.html
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docscloud.google.com/­spanner/­docswww.monetdb.org/­Documentation
DeveloperApache Software FoundationGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.GoogleMonetDB BVSybase, SAP
Initial release20122004201720041993
Current release1.20.3, January 2023GBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8cDec2023 (11.49), December 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercialOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageC, Java, PythonC
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxhostedFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantStandard with numerous extensionsyes infoQuery statements complying to ANSI 2011yes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
JDBC infoAt present, JDBC supports read-only queries. No support for DDL or DML statements.
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
.NET Client API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languagesC++C#Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Delphi
Perl
PHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsuser defined functionsnoyes, in SQL, C, Ryes
Triggersnoyesnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningShardingSharding via remote tablesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesMulti-source replication with 3 replicas for regional instances.none infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusMulti-source replication infoCONFLICT Trigger to resolve replication conflicts
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyes infousing Google Cloud Dataflownono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes infoby using interleaved tables, this features focuses more on performance improvements than on referential integrityyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID infoStrict serializable isolationACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourcenono infocaching of (temporary) tables can be configured
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceyesAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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