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DBMS > Informix vs. SpatiaLite vs. Teradata Aster vs. Trino vs. YDB

System Properties Comparison Informix vs. SpatiaLite vs. Teradata Aster vs. Trino vs. YDB

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NameInformix  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparisonTeradata Aster  Xexclude from comparisonTrino  Xexclude from comparisonYDB  Xexclude from comparison
Teradata Aster has been integrated into other Teradata systems and therefore will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionA secure embeddable database from IBM, positioned besides IBM Db2 as a relatively low-cost product optimized for OLTP and Internet of Things dataSpatial extension of SQLitePlatform for big data analytics on multistructured data sources and typesFast distributed SQL query engine for big data analytics. Forked from Presto and originally named PrestoSQLA distributed fault-tolerant database service, with high availability, scalability, immediate consistency and ACID transactions and providing an Amazon DynamoDB compatible API
Primary database modelRelational DBMS infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypes compatible with MongoDBSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS infowith Informix TimeSeries Extension
Relational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Wide column store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score16.32
Rank#35  Overall
#21  Relational DBMS
Score1.56
Rank#142  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Score5.28
Rank#61  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score0.39
Rank#269  Overall
#43  Document stores
#126  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.ibm.com/­products/­informixwww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­indextrino.iogithub.com/­ydb-platform/­ydb
ydb.tech
Technical documentationinformix.hcldoc.com
www.ibm.com/­support/­knowledgecenter/­SSGU8G/­welcomeIfxServers.html
www.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.htmltrino.io/­broadcast
trino.io/­docs/­current
ydb.tech/­en/­docs
DeveloperIBM, HCL Technologies infoEffective May 1st, 2017, HCL took on development, technical support, and product management teams, and works jointly with IBM on product strategy, marketing, and sales.Alessandro FurieriTeradataTrino Software FoundationYandex
Initial release1984200820052012 info2020 rebranded from PrestoSQL2019
Current release14.10.FC5, November 20205.0.0, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0; commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC, C++ and JavaC++Java
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
server-lessLinuxLinux
macOS infofor devlopment
Linux
Data schemeyesyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free) infodefined schema within the relational store; partial schema or schema free in the Aster File StoreyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypesyesyesyesyes
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.noyes infoin Aster File Storenono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesdepending on connected data-sourceyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesyesyesSQL-like query language (YQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
JSON API infoMongoDB compatible
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Trino CLI
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Java
Python
R
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
R
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoR packagesyes, depending on connected data-sourceno
Triggersyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingdepending on connected data-sourceSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
noneyes infoDimension tables are replicated across all nodes in the cluster. The number of replicas for the file store can be configured.depending on connected data-sourceActive-passive shard replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes infoSQL Map-Reduce Frameworknono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationdepending on connected data-sourceImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDdepending on connected data-sourceACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesdepending on connected data-sourceyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authentication, authorization, and auditing controlsnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardSQL standard access controlAccess rights defined for Yandex Cloud users
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