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System Properties Comparison Ingres vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. Sadas Engine vs. Trino vs. Vertica

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NameIngres  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparisonTrino  Xexclude from comparisonVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWell established RDBMSDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environmentsFast distributed SQL query engine for big data analytics. Forked from Presto and originally named PrestoSQLCloud or off-cloud analytical database and query engine for structured and semi-structured streaming and batch data. Machine learning platform with built-in algorithms, data preparation capabilities, and model evaluation and management via SQL or Python.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infoColumn oriented
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Key-value store
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Wide column store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score4.11
Rank#81  Overall
#44  Relational DBMS
Score77.99
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#158  Relational DBMS
Score5.00
Rank#66  Overall
#36  Relational DBMS
Score10.68
Rank#43  Overall
#27  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.actian.com/­databases/­ingresazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasewww.sadasengine.comtrino.iowww.vertica.com
Technical documentationdocs.actian.com/­ingresdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlwww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentationtrino.io/­broadcast
trino.io/­docs/­current
vertica.com/­documentation
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterYouTubeGitHub
DeveloperActian CorporationMicrosoftSADAS s.r.l.Trino Software FoundationOpenText infopreviously Micro Focus and Hewlett Packard
Initial release1974 infooriginally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s201020062012 info2020 rebranded from PrestoSQL2005
Current release11.2, May 2022V128.012.0.3, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infofree trial version availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infoLimited community edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono infoon-premises, all major clouds - Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and containers
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Implementation languageCC++C++JavaC++
Server operating systemsAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
hostedAIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
macOS infofor devlopment
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesyesYes, but also semi-structure/unstructured data storage, and complex hierarchical data (like Parquet) stored and/or queried.
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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 infobut tools for importing/exporting data from/to XML-files availableyesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesdepending on connected data-sourceNo Indexes Required. Different internal optimization strategy, but same functionality included.
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesyesyesFull 1999 standard plus machine learning, time series and geospatial. Over 650 functions.
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Trino CLI
ADO.NET
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spark Connector
vSQL infocharacter-based, interactive, front-end utility
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
R
Ruby
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesTransact SQLnoyes, depending on connected data-sourceyes, PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL, with minor differences
Triggersyesyesnonoyes, called Custom Alerts
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning infoIngres Star to access multiple databases simultaneouslyhorizontal partitioningdepending on connected data-sourcehorizontal partitioning, hierarchical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesIngres Replicatoryes, with always 3 replicas availablenonedepending on connected data-sourceMulti-source replication infoOne, or more copies of data replicated across nodes, or object-store used for repository.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono infoBi-directional Spark integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencydepending on connected data-sourceImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDdepending on connected data-sourceACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoMVCCyesyesyesyes
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.noyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'no
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardSQL standard access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard; supports Kerberos, LDAP, Ident and hash
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IngresMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL AzureSadas EngineTrinoVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™
Specific characteristicsTrino is the fastest open source, massively parallel processing SQL query engine...
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Deploy-anywhere database for large-scale analytical deployments. Deploy off-cloud,...
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Competitive advantagesHigh performance analtyics and data processing of very large data sets Powerful ANSI...
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Fast, scalable, and capable of high concurrency. Separation of compute/storage leverages...
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Typical application scenariosPerformant analytics query engine for data warehouses, data lakes, and data lakehouses...
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Communication and network analytics, Embedded analytics, Fraud monitoring and Risk...
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Key customersTrino is widely adopted across the globe as freely-available open source software....
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Abiba Systems, Adform, adMarketplace, AmeriPride, Anritsu, AOL, Avito, Auckland Transport,...
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Market metrics33000+ commits in GitHub 8200+ stargazers in GitHub 1200+ pull requests merged in...
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Licensing and pricing modelsTrino is an open source project and usage is therefore free. Commercial offerings...
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Cost-based models and subscription-based models are both available. One license is...
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