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System Properties Comparison SAP IQ vs. ScyllaDB vs. SurrealDB vs. Trafodion

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NameSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparison
Apache Trafodion has been retired in 2021. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analyticsCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMSTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMS infocolumn-orientedWide column storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.64
Rank#108  Overall
#52  Relational DBMS
Score4.08
Rank#76  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score1.02
Rank#190  Overall
#33  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.htmlwww.scylladb.comsurrealdb.comtrafodion.apache.org
Technical documentationhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQdocs.scylladb.comsurrealdb.com/­docstrafodion.apache.org/­documentation.html
DeveloperSAP, formerly SybaseScyllaDBSurrealDB LtdApache Software Foundation, originally developed by HP
Initial release1994201520222014
Current release16.1 SPS04, April 2019ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024v1.5.0, May 20242.3.0, February 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availableOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++RustC++, Java
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
LinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyes infocluster global secondary indicesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)SQL-like query languageyes
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Java
Perl
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
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes, LuaJava Stored Procedures
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ MultiplexerShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSAP/Sybase Replication Serverselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleyes, via HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsHadoop integrationnonoyes infovia user defined functions and HBase
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infoin-memory tablesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users can be defined per objectyes, based on authentication and database rulesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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SAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQScyllaDBSurrealDBTrafodion
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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