DB-EnginesExtremeDB for everyone with an RTOSEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > SAP SQL Anywhere vs. ScyllaDB vs. Solr vs. XTDB

System Properties Comparison SAP SQL Anywhere vs. ScyllaDB vs. Solr vs. XTDB

Please select another system to include it in the comparison.

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonSolr  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionRDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environmentsCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeA widely used distributed, scalable search engine based on Apache LuceneA general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelRelational DBMSWide column storeSearch engineDocument store
Secondary database modelsKey-value storeSpatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.95
Rank#80  Overall
#42  Relational DBMS
Score4.08
Rank#76  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score41.02
Rank#24  Overall
#3  Search engines
Score0.18
Rank#332  Overall
#46  Document stores
Websitewww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.htmlwww.scylladb.comsolr.apache.orggithub.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywheredocs.scylladb.comsolr.apache.org/­resources.htmlwww.xtdb.com/­docs
DeveloperSAP infoformerly SybaseScyllaDBApache Software FoundationJuxt Ltd.
Initial release1992201520062019
Current release17, July 2015ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 20249.6.1, May 20241.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Scylla Cloud: Create real-time applications that run at global scale with Scylla Cloud, the industry’s most powerful NoSQL DBaaS
Implementation languageC++JavaClojure
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxAll OS with a Java VM inforuns as a servlet in servlet container (e.g. Tomcat, Jetty is included)All OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyes infoDynamic Fields enables on-the-fly addition of new fieldsschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infosupports customizable data types and automatic typingyes, extensible-data-notation format
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.yesnoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyes infocluster global secondary indicesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)Solr Parallel SQL Interfacelimited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
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
.Net
Erlang
Java
JavaScript
any language that supports sockets and either XML or JSON
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Clojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perlyes, LuaJava pluginsno
Triggersyesnoyes infoUser configurable commands triggered on index changesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroringselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleyesyes, each node contains all data
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonospark-solr: github.com/­lucidworks/­spark-solr and streaming expressions to reduceno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsoptimistic lockingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoin-memory tablesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users can be defined per objectyes
More information provided by the system vendor
SAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server AnywhereScyllaDBSolrXTDB infoformerly named Crux
Specific characteristicsScyllaDB is engineered to deliver predictable performance at scale. It’s adopted...
» more
Competitive advantagesHighly-performant (efficiently utilizes full resources of a node and network; millions...
» more
Typical application scenariosScyllaDB is ideal for applications that require high throughput and low latency at...
» more
Key customersDiscord, Epic Games, Expedia, Zillow, Comcast, Disney+ Hotstar, Samsung, ShareChat,...
» more
Market metricsScyllaDB typically offers ~75% total cost of ownership savings, with ~5X higher throughput...
» more
Licensing and pricing modelsScyllaDB Open Source - free open source software (AGPL) ScyllaDB Enterprise - subscription-based...
» 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
SAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server AnywhereScyllaDBSolrXTDB infoformerly named Crux
DB-Engines blog posts

Elasticsearch replaced Solr as the most popular search engine
12 January 2016, Paul Andlinger

Enterprise Search Engines almost double their popularity in the last 12 months
2 July 2014, Paul Andlinger

The DB-Engines ranking includes now search engines
4 February 2013, Paul Andlinger

show all

Recent citations in the news

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

SAP Products & Services Data Portfolio
2 July 2021, Datamation

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

MindsDB is now the leading and fastest growing applied ML platform in the world India - English
3 November 2022, PR Newswire

SAP launches HANA cloud platform, partners with Siemens, Intel
6 May 2015, Channel Daily News

provided by Google News

Sleeping at Scale - Delivering 10k Timers per Second per Node with Rust, Tokio, Kafka, and Scylla
26 April 2024, InfoQ.com

ScyllaDB Raises $43M to Take on MongoDB at Scale, Push Database Performance to New Levels
17 October 2023, Datanami

Running ScyllaDB NoSQL on Kubernetes with Spot Instances
10 July 2023, The New Stack

ScyllaDB on AWS is a NoSQL Database Built for Gigabyte-to-Petabyte Scale | Amazon Web Services
6 January 2023, AWS Blog

ScyllaDB Database Review | eWeek
21 August 2018, eWeek

provided by Google News

SOLR-led walkout demands better conditions for Compass workers
27 February 2024, Daily Northwestern

Solr Network Launches Groundbreaking Solana Token Creator
28 May 2024, AccessWire

(SOLR) Proactive Strategies
27 May 2024, Stock Traders Daily

Have Insiders Been Buying Solar Alliance Energy Inc. (CVE:SOLR) Shares?
27 May 2024, Yahoo Movies UK

SOLR hosts teach-in of labor movements at Northwestern
28 January 2024, Daily Northwestern

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

Milvus logo

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

Neo4j logo

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

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

Present your product here