DB-EnginesInfluxDB: Focus on building software with an easy-to-use serverless, scalable time series platformEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > InterSystems IRIS vs. mSQL vs. Postgres-XL vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. Teradata

System Properties Comparison InterSystems IRIS vs. mSQL vs. Postgres-XL vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. Teradata

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonPostgres-XL  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparisonTeradata  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalabilitymSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSBased on PostgreSQL enhanced with MPP and write-scale-out cluster featuresRDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environmentsA hybrid cloud data analytics software platform (Teradata Vantage)
Primary database modelDocument store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.54
Rank#84  Overall
#14  Document stores
#10  Key-value stores
#1  Object oriented DBMS
#45  Relational DBMS
Score1.27
Rank#169  Overall
#76  Relational DBMS
Score0.53
Rank#254  Overall
#117  Relational DBMS
Score3.95
Rank#80  Overall
#42  Relational DBMS
Score44.87
Rank#22  Overall
#15  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-irishughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlwww.postgres-xl.orgwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.htmlwww.teradata.com
Technical documentationdocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.clswww.postgres-xl.org/­documentationhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywheredocs.teradata.com
DeveloperInterSystemsHughes TechnologiesSAP infoformerly SybaseTeradata
Initial release201819942014 infosince 2012, originally named StormDB19921984
Current release2023.3, June 20234.4, October 202110 R1, October 201817, July 2015Teradata Vantage 1.0 MU2, January 2019
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infoMozilla public licensecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageCC
Server operating systemsAIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Linux
macOS
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hosted
Linux
Data schemedepending on used data modelyesyesyesyes
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.yesnoyes infoXML type, but no XML query functionalityyesyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes infoJoin-index to prejoin tables, aggregate index, sparse index, hash index
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersyes infodistributed, parallel query executionyesyes infoSQL 2016 + extensions
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
ADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
HTTP REST
JDBC
JMS Adapter
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languages.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Erlang
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Cobol
Java (JDBC-ODBC)
Perl
PL/1
Python
R
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnouser defined functionsyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perlyes infoUDFs, stored procedures, table functions in parallel
Triggersyesnoyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonehorizontal partitioningnoneSharding infoHashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroringMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACID infoMVCCACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesnoyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnonoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
InterSystems IRISmSQL infoMini SQLPostgres-XLSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server AnywhereTeradata
Specific characteristicsInterSystems IRIS is a complete cloud-first data platform which includes a multi-model...
» more

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
InterSystems IRISmSQL infoMini SQLPostgres-XLSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server AnywhereTeradata
DB-Engines blog posts

Teradata is the most popular data warehouse DBMS
2 April 2013, Paul Andlinger

show all

Recent citations in the news

Unlocking the Power of Generative AI: InterSystems IRIS with Vector Search -
26 March 2024, HIT Consultant

Consultmed moving its e-referral software to InterSystems's IRIS for Health and more briefs
5 May 2024, Mobihealth News

InterSystems Expands IRIS Data Platform with Vector Search to Support Next-Gen AI Applications
26 March 2024, Datanami

InterSystems collaborates with Imagelink Software to accelerate digital transformation for Malaysian government and ...
24 April 2024, PR Newswire

InterSystems and IPA's Subsidiary BioStrand Collaborate to Unveil the Innovative Integration of Vector Search with ...
28 March 2024, businesswire.com

provided by Google News

Higher Education PS rules out ghost students before PAC
29 November 2018, diggers.news

provided by Google News

SAP vulnerabilities Let Attacker Inject OS Commands—Patch Now!
11 July 2023, CybersecurityNews

SAP Again Named a Leader in 2021 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud Database Management Systems
16 December 2021, SAP News

SAP Products & Services Data Portfolio
2 July 2021, Datamation

Rimini Street expands support beyond SAP and Oracle
21 May 2016, InsideSAP

Securing SAP with AWS Network Firewall: Part 2 – Managed Rules | Amazon Web Services
17 July 2023, AWS Blog

provided by Google News

Teradata Co. (NYSE:TDC) Given Average Rating of “Hold” by Analysts
16 June 2024, Defense World

TERADATA ALERT: Bragar Eagel & Squire, P.C. Announces that a Class Action Lawsuit Has Been Filed Against ...
15 June 2024, GlobeNewswire

SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Pomerantz Law Firm Reminds Shareholders with Losses on their Investment in Teradata ...
15 June 2024, PR Newswire

Teradata Stock: Much More Enticing Now Than Last Year, But Uncertainty Lingers (NYSE:TDC)
14 June 2024, Seeking Alpha

Is There Now An Opportunity In Teradata Corporation (NYSE:TDC)?
11 June 2024, Simply Wall St

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

Milvus logo

Vector database designed for GenAI, fully equipped for enterprise implementation.
Try Managed Milvus for Free

Present your product here