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DBMS > Heroic vs. LokiJS vs. SAP IQ vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. YugabyteDB

System Properties Comparison Heroic vs. LokiJS vs. SAP IQ vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. YugabyteDB

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NameHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparisonYugabyteDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionTime Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchIn-memory JavaScript DBMSColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analyticsRDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environmentsHigh-performance distributed SQL database for global, internet-scale applications. Wire and feature compatible with PostgreSQL.
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS infocolumn-orientedRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Wide column store
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Score0.46
Rank#265  Overall
#22  Time Series DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score2.64
Rank#108  Overall
#52  Relational DBMS
Score3.95
Rank#80  Overall
#42  Relational DBMS
Score2.63
Rank#109  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­spotify/­heroicgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.htmlwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.htmlwww.yugabyte.com
Technical documentationspotify.github.io/­heroictechfort.github.io/­LokiJShelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywheredocs.yugabyte.com
github.com/­yugabyte/­yugabyte-db
DeveloperSpotifySAP, formerly SybaseSAP infoformerly SybaseYugabyte Inc.
Initial release20142014199419922017
Current release16.1 SPS04, April 201917, July 20152.19, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaScriptC and C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesdepending on used data model
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes
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.nononoyesno
Secondary indexesyes infovia Elasticsearchyes infovia viewsyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesyesyes, PostgreSQL compatible
APIs and other access methodsHQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
JavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
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 languagesJavaScriptC
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoView functions in JavaScriptyesyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perlyes infosql, plpgsql, C
Triggersnoyesyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ MultiplexernoneHash and Range Sharding, row-level geo-partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesnoneSAP/Sybase Replication ServerSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroringBased on Raft distributed consensus protocol, minimum 3 replicas for continuous availability
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesHadoop integrationnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
noneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyStrong consistency on writes and tunable consistency on reads
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACIDACIDDistributed ACID with Serializable & Snapshot Isolation. Inspired by Google Spanner architecture.
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyesyes infobased on RocksDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes
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HeroicLokiJSSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server AnywhereYugabyteDB
Specific characteristicsYugabyteDB is an open source distributed SQL database for cloud native transactional...
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Competitive advantagesPostgreSQL compatible: Get instantly productive with a PostgreSQL compatible RDBMS....
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Typical application scenariosSystems of record and engagement for cloud native applications that require resilience,...
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Market metrics2 Million+ lifetime clusters deployed, 6.5K+ GitHub stars, 7K YugabyteDB Community...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache 2.0 license for the database
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