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DBMS > IBM Db2 warehouse vs. Manticore Search vs. QuestDB vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. SingleStore

System Properties Comparison IBM Db2 warehouse vs. Manticore Search vs. QuestDB vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. SingleStore

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NameIBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDB  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionCloud-based data warehousing serviceMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.A high performance open source SQL database for time series dataRDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environmentsMySQL wire-compliant distributed RDBMS that combines an in-memory row-oriented and a disc-based column-oriented storage with patented universal storage to handle transactional and analytical workloads in one single table type
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSearch engineTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar LibraryRelational DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.26
Rank#162  Overall
#73  Relational DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#301  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score2.81
Rank#98  Overall
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score3.50
Rank#81  Overall
#44  Relational DBMS
Score4.02
Rank#74  Overall
#39  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.ibm.com/­products/­db2/­warehousemanticoresearch.comquestdb.iowww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.htmlwww.singlestore.com
Technical documentationmanual.manticoresearch.comquestdb.io/­docshelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywheredocs.singlestore.com
DeveloperIBMManticore SoftwareQuestDB Technology IncSAP infoformerly SybaseSingleStore Inc.
Initial release20142017201419922013
Current release6.0, February 202317, July 20158.5, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGPL version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial infofree developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageC++Java (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++, Go
Server operating systemshostedFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux info64 bit version required
Data schemeyesFixed schemayes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Booleanyesyesyes
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.no infoImport/export of XML data possibleCan index from XMLnoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query languageSQL with time-series extensionsyesyes infobut no triggers and foreign keys
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Binary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
ADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresPL/SQL, SQL PLuser defined functionsnoyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perlyes
Triggersyesnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedhorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)noneSharding infohash partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesSynchronous replication based on Galera librarySource-replica replication with eventual consistencySource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroringSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculations
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesACID for single-table writesACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.yesyesyes infoAll updates are persistent, including those to disk-based columnstores and memory-based row stores. Transaction commits are supported via write-ahead log.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infothrough memory mapped filesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardFine grained access control via users, groups and roles
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IBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDBManticore SearchQuestDBSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server AnywhereSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL
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