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DBMS > Hive vs. Kdb vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. Transwarp Hippo

System Properties Comparison Hive vs. Kdb vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. Transwarp Hippo

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NameHive  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp Hippo  Xexclude from comparison
Descriptiondata warehouse software for querying and managing large distributed datasets, built on HadoopHigh performance Time Series DBMSRDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environmentsCloud-native distributed Vector DBMS that supports storage, retrieval, and management of massive vector-based datasets
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score59.76
Rank#18  Overall
#12  Relational DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score3.95
Rank#80  Overall
#42  Relational DBMS
Score0.05
Rank#386  Overall
#15  Vector DBMS
Websitehive.apache.orgkx.comwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.htmlwww.transwarp.cn/­en/­subproduct/­hippo
Technical documentationcwiki.apache.org/­confluence/­display/­Hive/­Homecode.kx.comhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywhere
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoinitially developed by FacebookKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcSAP infoformerly Sybase
Initial release20122000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200319922023
Current release3.1.3, April 20223.6, May 201817, July 20151.0, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaqC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Data schemeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesVector, Numeric and String
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.yesyesno
Secondary indexesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query language (q)yesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Thrift
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
ADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC++
Java
PHP
Python
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Java
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceuser defined functionsyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perlno
Triggersnoyes infowith viewsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioningnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroring
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and rolesrights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole based access control and fine grained access rights
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HiveKdbSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server AnywhereTranswarp Hippo
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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