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DBMS > Kinetica vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. ScyllaDB vs. Spark SQL vs. Warp 10

System Properties Comparison Kinetica vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. ScyllaDB vs. Spark SQL vs. Warp 10

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NameKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparisonWarp 10  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingTimeSeries DBMS specialized on timestamped geo data based on LevelDB or HBase
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSWide column storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Key-value store
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Score0.64
Rank#236  Overall
#109  Relational DBMS
Score77.99
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score4.75
Rank#68  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score18.96
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#349  Overall
#32  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.kinetica.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasewww.scylladb.comspark.apache.org/­sqlwww.warp10.io
Technical documentationdocs.kinetica.comdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqldocs.scylladb.comspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.htmlwww.warp10.io/­content/­02_Getting_started
DeveloperKineticaMicrosoftScyllaDBApache Software FoundationSenX
Initial release20122010201520142015
Current release7.1, August 2021V12ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 20243.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageC, C++C++C++ScalaJava
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesschema-free
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.noyesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infocluster global secondary indicesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)SQL-like DML and DDL statementsno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
Jupyter
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesC++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
For CQL interface: C#, C++, Clojure, Erlang, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala
For DynamoDB interface: .Net, ColdFusion, Erlang, Groovy, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby
Java
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsTransact SQLyes, Luanoyes infoWarpScript
Triggersyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangeyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingyes, utilizing Spark CoreSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes, with always 3 replicas availableselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possiblenoneselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate Consistency infobased on HBase
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.yes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMyes infoin-memory tablesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles on table levelfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users can be defined per objectnoMandatory use of cryptographic tokens, containing fine-grained authorizations
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KineticaMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL AzureScyllaDBSpark SQLWarp 10
Specific characteristicsScyllaDB is engineered to deliver predictable performance at scale. It’s adopted...
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Competitive advantagesHighly-performant (efficiently utilizes full resources of a node and network; millions...
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Typical application scenariosScyllaDB is ideal for applications that require high throughput and low latency at...
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Key customersDiscord, Epic Games, Expedia, Zillow, Comcast, Disney+ Hotstar, Samsung, ShareChat,...
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Market metricsScyllaDB typically offers ~75% total cost of ownership savings, with ~5X higher throughput...
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Licensing and pricing modelsScyllaDB Open Source - free open source software (AGPL) ScyllaDB Enterprise - subscription-based...
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