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DBMS > Greenplum vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. OpenSearch vs. Percona Server for MongoDB vs. SAP SQL Anywhere

System Properties Comparison Greenplum vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. OpenSearch vs. Percona Server for MongoDB vs. SAP SQL Anywhere

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NameGreenplum  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonOpenSearch  Xexclude from comparisonPercona Server for MongoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic Database platform built on PostgreSQL. Full name is Pivotal Greenplum Database infoA logical database in Greenplum is an array of individual PostgreSQL databases working together to present a single database image.Database as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerA distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine forked from Elasticsearch and based on Apache LuceneA drop-in replacement for MongoDB Community Edition with enterprise-grade features.RDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environments
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSearch engineDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score7.71
Rank#46  Overall
#29  Relational DBMS
Score72.95
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score16.31
Rank#36  Overall
#4  Search engines
Score0.50
Rank#250  Overall
#39  Document stores
Score3.50
Rank#81  Overall
#44  Relational DBMS
Websitegreenplum.orgazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasegithub.com/­opensearch-project
opensearch.org
www.percona.com/­mongodb/­software/­percona-server-for-mongodbwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.html
Technical documentationdocs.greenplum.orgdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlopensearch.org/­docs/­latestdocs.percona.com/­percona-distribution-for-mongodbhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywhere
DeveloperPivotal Software Inc.MicrosoftAmazon Web ServicesPerconaSAP infoformerly Sybase
Initial release20052010202120151992
Current release7.0.0, September 2023V122.5.0, January 20233.4.10-2.10, November 201717, July 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPL Version 2commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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STACKIT OpenSearch offers OpenSearch in a managed version in enterprise grade, 100% GDPR-compliant, for a wide range of applications like analytics, website search, offering scalability and fast data access.
Implementation languageC++JavaC++
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedAll OS with a Java VMLinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-free infoFlexible type definitions. Once a type is defined, it is persistentschema-freeyes
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 infosince Version 4.2yesnoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexedyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesSQL-like query languagenoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
proprietary protocol using JSONADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
Java
Perl
Python
R
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby infoElasticsearch client
Actionscript
C
C#
C++
Clojure
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Smalltalk
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesTransact SQLyesJavaScriptyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perl
Triggersyesyesyes infoby using the 'percolation' featurenoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes, with always 3 replicas availableyesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroring
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoSynchronous doc based replication. Get by ID may show delays up to 1 sec. Configurable write consistency: one, quorum, allEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.noyes infovia In-Memory Engineyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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GreenplumMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL AzureOpenSearchPercona Server for MongoDBSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere
Specific characteristicsOpenSearch is a highly scalable and extensible open-source software suite for search,...
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Competitive advantagesDistributed as fully open source under Apache License, Version 2.0 (ALv2), OpenSearch...
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Typical application scenariosThe OpenSearch platform is used across a broad range of search , analytics, and observability...
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Licensing and pricing modelsThe OpenSearch Project offers open source software licensed under Apache License...
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