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System Properties Comparison Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. Sadas Engine vs. UniData,UniVerse vs. Vertica vs. Yanza

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NameMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparisonUniData,UniVerse  Xexclude from comparisonVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™  Xexclude from comparisonYanza  Xexclude from comparison
Yanza seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environmentsMultiValue database and application server with SQL mapping layer and meta database capabilitiesCloud 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.Time Series DBMS for IoT Applications
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMS infoColumn orientedTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score77.99
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#158  Relational DBMS
Score3.16
Rank#97  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Score10.68
Rank#43  Overall
#27  Relational DBMS
Websiteazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasewww.sadasengine.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-unidatawww.vertica.comyanza.com
Technical documentationdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlwww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentationdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?cluster=true&labelkey=unidata&labelkey=prod_unidatavertica.com/­documentation
DeveloperMicrosoftSADAS s.r.l.Rocket SoftwareOpenText infopreviously Micro Focus and Hewlett PackardYanza
Initial release20102006198520052015
Current releaseV128.012.0.3, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree trial version availablecommercialcommercial infoLimited community edition freecommercial infofree version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono infoon-premises, all major clouds - Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and containersno infobut mainly used as a service provided by Yanza
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Implementation languageC++C++CC++
Server operating systemshostedAIX
Linux
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
LinuxWindows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeYes, but also semi-structure/unstructured data storage, and complex hierarchical data (like Parquet) stored and/or queried.schema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptionalyesno
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesNo Indexes Required. Different internal optimization strategy, but same functionality included.no
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesyesFull 1999 standard plus machine learning, time series and geospatial. Over 650 functions.no
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Java API infoJPA
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
ADO.NET
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spark Connector
vSQL infocharacter-based, interactive, front-end utility
HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
.Net
Basic infoU2 Basic
C
Java
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
any language that supports HTTP calls
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresTransact SQLnoyesyes, PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL, with minor differencesno
Triggersyesnoyes infoU2 Basicyes, called Custom Alertsyes infoTimer and event based
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningnonehorizontal partitioning, hierarchical partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with always 3 replicas availablenoneSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication infoOne, or more copies of data replicated across nodes, or object-store used for repository.none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono infoBi-directional Spark integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infoconfigurableACIDno
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 infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'no
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardAccess rights according to SQL-standard and operating system basedfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard; supports Kerberos, LDAP, Ident and hashno
More information provided by the system vendor
Microsoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL AzureSadas EngineUniData,UniVerseVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™Yanza
Specific characteristicsDeploy-anywhere database for large-scale analytical deployments. Deploy off-cloud,...
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Competitive advantagesFast, scalable, and capable of high concurrency. Separation of compute/storage leverages...
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Typical application scenariosCommunication and network analytics, Embedded analytics, Fraud monitoring and Risk...
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Key customersAbiba Systems, Adform, adMarketplace, AmeriPride, Anritsu, AOL, Avito, Auckland Transport,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsCost-based models and subscription-based models are both available. One license is...
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