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System Properties Comparison Citus vs. eXtremeDB vs. Heroic vs. Sadas Engine vs. SAP IQ

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NameCitus  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable hybrid operational and analytics RDBMS for big data use cases based on PostgreSQLNatively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringTime Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environmentsColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analytics
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infocolumn-oriented
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score2.21
Rank#118  Overall
#56  Relational DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#223  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score0.51
Rank#255  Overall
#21  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#158  Relational DBMS
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.citusdata.comwww.mcobject.comgithub.com/­spotify/­heroicwww.sadasengine.comwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.html
Technical documentationdocs.citusdata.comwww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmspotify.github.io/­heroicwww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentationhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQ
DeveloperMcObjectSpotifySADAS s.r.l.SAP, formerly Sybase
Initial release20102001201420061994
Current release8.1, December 20188.2, 20218.016.1 SPS04, April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL, commercial license also availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree trial version availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCC and C++JavaC++
Server operating systemsLinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesyes
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.yes infospecific XML type available, but no XML query functionalityno infosupport of XML interfaces availablenonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infovia Elasticsearchyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infostandard, with numerous extensionsyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLnoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.yesnonoyes
Triggersyesyes infoby defining eventsnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning / shardingShardinghorizontal partitioningshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexer
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication infoother methods possible by using 3rd party extensionsActive Replication Fabricâ„¢ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
yesnoneSAP/Sybase Replication Server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononoHadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'no
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Specific characteristicseXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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Competitive advantageseXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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Typical application scenariosIoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
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Key customersSchneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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Market metricsWith hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
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Licensing and pricing modelsFor server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
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