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DBMS > Heroic vs. SAP IQ vs. ScyllaDB vs. SQL.JS vs. WakandaDB

System Properties Comparison Heroic vs. SAP IQ vs. ScyllaDB vs. SQL.JS vs. WakandaDB

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NameHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionTime Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analyticsCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storePort of SQLite to JavaScriptWakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS infocolumn-orientedWide column storeRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
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Score0.51
Rank#255  Overall
#21  Time Series DBMS
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Score4.75
Rank#68  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score0.53
Rank#252  Overall
#116  Relational DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#364  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­spotify/­heroicwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.htmlwww.scylladb.comsql.js.orgwakanda.github.io
Technical documentationspotify.github.io/­heroichelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQdocs.scylladb.comsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.htmlwakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperSpotifySAP, formerly SybaseScyllaDBAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersWakanda SAS
Initial release20141994201520122012
Current release16.1 SPS04, April 2019ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 20242.7.0 (April 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availableOpen SourceOpen Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++JavaScriptC++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyes infovia Elasticsearchyesyes infocluster global secondary indices
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)yes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedno
APIs and other access methodsHQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
JavaScript APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
For CQL interface: C#, C++, Clojure, Erlang, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala
For DynamoDB interface: .Net, ColdFusion, Erlang, Groovy, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby
JavaScriptJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesyes, Luanoyes
Triggersnoyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ MultiplexerShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesSAP/Sybase Replication Serverselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possiblenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoHadoop integrationnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
noneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes infoin-memory tablesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users can be defined per objectnoyes
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HeroicSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQScyllaDBSQL.JSWakandaDB
Specific characteristicsScyllaDB is engineered to deliver predictable performance at scale. It’s adopted...
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Competitive advantagesHighly-performant (efficiently utilizes full resources of a node and network; millions...
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Typical application scenariosScyllaDB is ideal for applications that require high throughput and low latency at...
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Key customersDiscord, Epic Games, Expedia, Zillow, Comcast, Disney+ Hotstar, Samsung, ShareChat,...
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Market metricsScyllaDB typically offers ~75% total cost of ownership savings, with ~5X higher throughput...
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Licensing and pricing modelsScyllaDB Open Source - free open source software (AGPL) ScyllaDB Enterprise - subscription-based...
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