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DBMS > BigObject vs. EventStoreDB vs. Postgres-XL vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. ScyllaDB

System Properties Comparison BigObject vs. EventStoreDB vs. Postgres-XL vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. ScyllaDB

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NameBigObject  Xexclude from comparisonEventStoreDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostgres-XL  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for real-time computations and queriesIndustrial-strength, open-source database solution built from the ground up for event sourcing.Based on PostgreSQL enhanced with MPP and write-scale-out cluster featuresRDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environmentsCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column store
Primary database modelRelational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedEvent StoreRelational DBMSRelational DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Key-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.13
Rank#329  Overall
#147  Relational DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#181  Overall
#1  Event Stores
Score0.43
Rank#260  Overall
#119  Relational DBMS
Score3.50
Rank#81  Overall
#44  Relational DBMS
Score4.15
Rank#69  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Websitebigobject.iowww.eventstore.comwww.postgres-xl.orgwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.htmlwww.scylladb.com
Technical documentationdocs.bigobject.iodevelopers.eventstore.comwww.postgres-xl.org/­documentationhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywheredocs.scylladb.com
DeveloperBigObject, Inc.Event Store LimitedSAP infoformerly SybaseScyllaDB
Initial release201520122014 infosince 2012, originally named StormDB19922015
Current release21.2, February 202110 R1, October 201817, July 2015ScyllaDB Open Source 6.0.2, July 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen SourceOpen Source infoMozilla public licensecommercialOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCC++
Server operating systemsLinux infodistributed as a docker-image
OS X infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Linux
Windows
Linux
macOS
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.noyes infoXML type, but no XML query functionalityyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infocluster global secondary indices
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyes infodistributed, parallel query executionyesSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)
APIs and other access methodsfluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
ADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Erlang
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
For CQL interface: C#, C++, Clojure, Erlang, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala
For DynamoDB interface: .Net, ColdFusion, Erlang, Groovy, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresLuauser defined functionsyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perlyes, Lua
Triggersnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroringselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possible
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoautomatically between fact table and dimension tablesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID infoMVCCACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesyes infoin-memory tables
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users can be defined per object
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BigObjectEventStoreDBPostgres-XLSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server AnywhereScyllaDB
Specific characteristicsScyllaDB is engineered to deliver predictable performance at scale. It’s adopted...
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Competitive advantagesHighly-performant (efficiently utilizes full resources of a node and network; millions...
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Typical application scenariosScyllaDB is ideal for applications that require high throughput and low latency at...
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Key customersDiscord, Epic Games, Expedia, Zillow, Comcast, Disney+ Hotstar, Samsung, ShareChat,...
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Market metricsScyllaDB typically offers ~75% total cost of ownership savings, with ~5X higher throughput...
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Licensing and pricing modelsScyllaDB Open Source - free open source software (AGPL) ScyllaDB Enterprise - subscription-based...
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