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Name

Description

Multithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java

also known as HSQLDB

Fully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUs

Fast distributed SQL query engine for big data analytics. Forked from Presto and originally named PrestoSQL

Distributed In-Memory NewSQL RDBMS

Used for OLTP applications with a high frequency of relatively simple transactions, that can hold all their data in memory

Primary database model

Relational DBMS

Secondary database models

Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS

Document store
Key-value store
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Wide column store

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Score	3.49
Rank	#87	Overall
	#47	Relational DBMS

Score	0.64
Rank	#236	Overall
	#109	Relational DBMS

Score	5.00
Rank	#66	Overall
	#36	Relational DBMS

Score	1.44
Rank	#158	Overall
	#73	Relational DBMS

Website

Technical documentation

hsqldb.org/web/hsqlDocsFrame.html

docs.kinetica.com

trino.io/broadcast
trino.io/docs/current

docs.voltdb.com

Social network pages

Developer

Kinetica

Trino Software Foundation

VoltDB Inc.

Initial release

2001

2012

2020 rebranded from PrestoSQL

2010

Current release

2.7.2, June 2023

7.1, August 2021

11.3, April 2022

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

based on BSD license

commercial

Open Source

Apache Version 2.0

Open Source

AGPL for Community Edition, commercial license for Enterprise, AWS, and Pro Editions

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

Java

C, C++

Java

Java, C++

Server operating systems

All OS with a Java VM

Embedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modes

Linux

Linux
macOS

for devlopment

Linux
OS X

for development

Data scheme

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Secondary indexes

yes

depending on connected data-source

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

SQL-like DML and DDL statements

yes

only a subset of SQL 99

APIs and other access methods

HTTP API

JDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC

JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API

JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Trino CLI

Java API
JDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API

Supported programming languages

All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java

C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python

Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
R
Ruby

C#
C++
Erlang

not officially supported
Go
Java
JavaScript

Node.js
PHP
Python

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

Java, SQL

user defined functions

yes, depending on connected data-source

Java

Triggers

yes

triggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified range

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

Sharding

depending on connected data-source

Sharding

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

none

Source-replica replication

depending on connected data-source

Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration

depending on connected data-source

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

FOREIGN KEY constraints are not supported

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

depending on connected data-source

ACID

Transactions are executed single-threaded within stored procedures

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Data access is serialized by the server

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

depending on connected data-source

yes

Snapshots and command logging

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

GPU vRAM or System RAM

User concepts

Access control

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

Access rights for users and roles on table level

SQL standard access control

Users and roles with access to stored procedures

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Specific characteristics

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Competitive advantages

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Typical application scenarios

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Key customers

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Market metrics

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Licensing and pricing models

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