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System Properties Comparison Databricks vs. Datomic vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. XTDB

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NameDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionThe Databricks Lakehouse Platform combines elements of data lakes and data warehouses to provide a unified view onto structured and unstructured data. It is based on Apache Spark.Datomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityRDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environmentsA general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
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Score78.61
Rank#15  Overall
#2  Document stores
#10  Relational DBMS
Score1.59
Rank#150  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score4.25
Rank#79  Overall
#43  Relational DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#343  Overall
#46  Document stores
Websitewww.databricks.comwww.datomic.comwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.htmlgithub.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationdocs.databricks.comdocs.datomic.comhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywherewww.xtdb.com/­docs
DeveloperDatabricksCognitectSAP infoformerly SybaseJuxt Ltd.
Initial release2013201219922019
Current release1.0.6735, June 202317, July 20151.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infolimited edition freecommercialOpen Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageJava, ClojureClojure
Server operating systemshostedAll OS with a Java VMAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes, extensible-data-notation format
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.yesnoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLwith Databricks SQLnoyeslimited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languagesPython
R
Scala
Clojure
Java
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Clojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions and aggregatesyes infoTransaction Functionsyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perlno
TriggersBy using transaction functionsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroringyes, each node contains all data
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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DatabricksDatomicSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server AnywhereXTDB infoformerly named Crux
Specific characteristicsSupported database models : In addition to the Document store and Relational DBMS...
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