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DBMS > SAP SQL Anywhere vs. Spark SQL vs. Teradata Aster vs. VelocityDB vs. YugabyteDB

System Properties Comparison SAP SQL Anywhere vs. Spark SQL vs. Teradata Aster vs. VelocityDB vs. YugabyteDB

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NameSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparisonTeradata Aster  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparisonYugabyteDB  Xexclude from comparison
Teradata Aster has been integrated into other Teradata systems and therefore will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionRDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environmentsSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingPlatform for big data analytics on multistructured data sources and typesA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)High-performance distributed SQL database for global, internet-scale applications. Wire and feature compatible with PostgreSQL.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Wide column store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.25
Rank#79  Overall
#43  Relational DBMS
Score18.96
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Score0.05
Rank#358  Overall
#36  Graph DBMS
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Score2.91
Rank#102  Overall
#51  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.htmlspark.apache.org/­sqlvelocitydb.comwww.yugabyte.com
Technical documentationhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywherespark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.htmlvelocitydb.com/­UserGuidedocs.yugabyte.com
github.com/­yugabyte/­yugabyte-db
DeveloperSAP infoformerly SybaseApache Software FoundationTeradataVelocityDB IncYugabyte Inc.
Initial release19922014200520112017
Current release17, July 20153.5.0 ( 2.13), September 20237.x2.19, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageScalaC#C and C++
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxAny that supports .NETLinux
OS X
Data schemeyesyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free) infodefined schema within the relational store; partial schema or schema free in the Aster File Storeyesdepending on used data model
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 infoin Aster File Storenono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesnoyes, PostgreSQL compatible
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
.NetJDBC
YCQL, an SQL-based flexible-schema API with its roots in Cassandra Query Language
YSQL - a fully relational SQL API that is wire compatible with the SQL language in PostgreSQL
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java
Python
R
Scala
C
C#
C++
Java
Python
R
.NetC
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or PerlnoR packagesnoyes infosql, plpgsql, C
TriggersyesnonoCallbacks are triggered when data changesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes, utilizing Spark CoreShardingShardingHash and Range Sharding, row-level geo-partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroringnoneyes infoDimension tables are replicated across all nodes in the cluster. The number of replicas for the file store can be configured.Based on Raft distributed consensus protocol, minimum 3 replicas for continuous availability
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoSQL Map-Reduce Frameworknono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyStrong consistency on writes and tunable consistency on reads
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACIDDistributed ACID with Serializable & Snapshot Isolation. Inspired by Google Spanner architecture.
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infobased on RocksDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnonoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardBased on Windows Authenticationyes
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SAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server AnywhereSpark SQLTeradata AsterVelocityDBYugabyteDB
Specific characteristicsYugabyteDB is an open source distributed SQL database for cloud native transactional...
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Competitive advantagesPostgreSQL compatible: Get instantly productive with a PostgreSQL compatible RDBMS....
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Typical application scenariosSystems of record and engagement for cloud native applications that require resilience,...
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Market metrics2 Million+ lifetime clusters deployed, 6.5K+ GitHub stars, 7K YugabyteDB Community...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache 2.0 license for the database
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