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DBMS > Apache Kylin vs. FeatureBase vs. IBM Db2 warehouse vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. Snowflake

System Properties Comparison Apache Kylin vs. FeatureBase vs. IBM Db2 warehouse vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. Snowflake

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NameApache Kylin  Xexclude from comparisonFeatureBase  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDB  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data Warehouse  Xexclude from comparisonSnowflake  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA distributed analytics engine for big data, providing a SQL interface and multi-dimensional analysis (OLAP) and leveraging the Hadoop stackReal-time database platform that powers real-time analytics and machine learning applications by simultaneously executing low-latency, high-throughput, and highly concurrent workloads.Cloud-based data warehousing serviceElastic, large scale data warehouse service leveraging the broad eco-system of SQL ServerCloud-based data warehousing service for structured and semi-structured data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score1.18
Rank#172  Overall
#79  Relational DBMS
Score0.22
Rank#309  Overall
#139  Relational DBMS
Score1.30
Rank#164  Overall
#75  Relational DBMS
Score20.56
Rank#31  Overall
#19  Relational DBMS
Score121.33
Rank#9  Overall
#6  Relational DBMS
Websitekylin.apache.orgwww.featurebase.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2/­warehouseazure.microsoft.com/­services/­synapse-analyticswww.snowflake.com
Technical documentationkylin.apache.org/­docsdocs.featurebase.comdocs.microsoft.com/­azure/­synapse-analyticsdocs.snowflake.net/­manuals/­index.html
DeveloperApache Software Foundation, originally contributed from eBay IncMolecula and Pilosa Open Source ContributorsIBMMicrosoftSnowflake Computing Inc.
Initial release20152017201420162014
Current release3.1.0, July 20202022, May 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialcommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesyesyes
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Implementation languageJavaGoC++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
macOS
hostedhostedhosted
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes infosupport of semi-structured data formats (JSON, XML, Avro)
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.nonono infoImport/export of XML data possiblenoyes
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL for queries (using Apache Calcite)SQL queriesyesyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
gRPC
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C#
Java
PHP
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresPL/SQL, SQL PLTransact SQLuser defined functions
Triggersnoyesnono infosimilar concept for controling cloud resources
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingSharding, horizontal partitioningyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyesyesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno 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 datayesACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, using Linux fsyncyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authentication

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