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System Properties Comparison HyperSQL vs. Newts vs. RisingWave vs. SAP IQ vs. VoltDB

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NameHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonRisingWave  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparisonVoltDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMultithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBTime Series DBMS based on CassandraA distributed RDBMS for stream processing, wire-compatible with PostgreSQLColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analyticsDistributed In-Memory NewSQL RDBMS infoUsed for OLTP applications with a high frequency of relatively simple transactions, that can hold all their data in memory
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infocolumn-orientedRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score3.23
Rank#93  Overall
#48  Relational DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#375  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score0.64
Rank#238  Overall
#110  Relational DBMS
Score2.64
Rank#108  Overall
#52  Relational DBMS
Score1.47
Rank#157  Overall
#73  Relational DBMS
Websitehsqldb.orgopennms.github.io/­newtswww.risingwave.com/­databasewww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.htmlwww.voltdb.com
Technical documentationhsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmlgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikidocs.risingwave.com/­docs/­current/­introhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQdocs.voltdb.com
DeveloperOpenNMS GroupRisingWave LabsSAP, formerly SybaseVoltDB Inc.
Initial release20012014202219942010
Current release2.7.2, June 20231.2, September 202316.1 SPS04, April 201911.3, April 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infobased on BSD licenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoAGPL for Community Edition, commercial license for Enterprise, AWS, and Pro Editions
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaRustJava, C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modesLinux
OS X
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X infofor development
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesStandard SQL-types and JSONyesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyesyesyes infoonly a subset of SQL 99
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
Java API
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
JDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
JavaGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Erlang infonot officially supported
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava, SQLnoUDFs in Python or JavayesJava
Triggersyesnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infobased on Cassandrashared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ MultiplexerSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraSAP/Sybase Replication ServerMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoHadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesno infoFOREIGN KEY constraints are not supported
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACIDACID infoTransactions are executed single-threaded within stored procedures
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoData access is serialized by the server
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoSnapshots and command logging
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoUsers and Rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers and roles with access to stored procedures

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