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System Properties Comparison H2 vs. Hazelcast vs. HyperSQL vs. Raima Database Manager vs. YugabyteDB

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NameH2  Xexclude from comparisonHazelcast  Xexclude from comparisonHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_Vista  Xexclude from comparisonYugabyteDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.A widely adopted in-memory data gridMultithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBRDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into an application or used as a database serverHigh-performance distributed SQL database for global, internet-scale applications. Wire and feature compatible with PostgreSQL.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSDocument store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12Document store
Wide column store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score8.13
Rank#49  Overall
#31  Relational DBMS
Score5.97
Rank#57  Overall
#6  Key-value stores
Score3.49
Rank#87  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#259  Overall
#120  Relational DBMS
#22  Time Series DBMS
Score2.91
Rank#102  Overall
#51  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.h2database.comhazelcast.comhsqldb.orgraima.comwww.yugabyte.com
Technical documentationwww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmlhazelcast.org/­imdg/­docshsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmldocs.raima.comdocs.yugabyte.com
github.com/­yugabyte/­yugabyte-db
DeveloperThomas MuellerHazelcastRaima Inc.Yugabyte Inc.
Initial release20052008200119842017
Current release2.2.220, July 20235.3.6, November 20232.7.2, June 202315, June 20212.19, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infobased on BSD licensecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaJavaCC and C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modesAndroid
HP-UX
Integrity RTOS
iOS
Linux
OS X
QNX
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
Linux
OS X
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesdepending on used data model
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.noyes infothe object must implement a serialization strategynono infoExporting/Importing of XML structures possibleno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query languageyesyesyes, PostgreSQL compatible
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
YCQL, an SQL-based flexible-schema API with its roots in Cassandra Query Language
YSQL - a fully relational SQL API that is wire compatible with the SQL language in PostgreSQL
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
.Net
C
C++
Objective-C
PL/SQL
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined Functionsyes infoEvent Listeners, Executor ServicesJava, SQLyes infobased on the ANSI/ISO SQL Persistent Stored Modules (PSM) specificationyes infosql, plpgsql, C
Triggersyesyes infoEventsyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnonehorizontal partitioningHash and Range Sharding, row-level geo-partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databaseyes infoReplicated MapnoneSource-replica replicationBased on Raft distributed consensus protocol, minimum 3 replicas for continuous availability
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus AlgorithmImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationStrong consistency on writes and tunable consistency on reads
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commitedACIDACIDDistributed ACID with Serializable & Snapshot Isolation. Inspired by Google Spanner architecture.
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infobased on RocksDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoyes
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H2HazelcastHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDBRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_VistaYugabyteDB
Specific characteristicsRaima Database Manager (RDM) is an embedded time-series database optimized to run...
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YugabyteDB is an open source distributed SQL database for cloud native transactional...
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Competitive advantagesDecreased time-to-market Industry-standard interfaces & tools for making your job...
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PostgreSQL compatible: Get instantly productive with a PostgreSQL compatible RDBMS....
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Typical application scenariosTypical use cases include: Internet of Things (IoT) Embedded In-Memory Database Time-Series...
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Systems of record and engagement for cloud native applications that require resilience,...
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Key customersInfor, ABB, The Boeing Company, BAE Systems, Dow Jones, Dun & Bradstreet, Fujitsu,...
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Market metricsOver 30 000 applications developers worldwide have field-tested RDM products More...
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2 Million+ lifetime clusters deployed, 6.5K+ GitHub stars, 7K YugabyteDB Community...
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Licensing and pricing modelsJust as the technical aspects of Raima Database Manager are flexible, so are the...
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Apache 2.0 license for the database
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