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DBMS > SAP SQL Anywhere vs. Vertica vs. YottaDB

System Properties Comparison SAP SQL Anywhere vs. Vertica vs. YottaDB

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NameSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparisonVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionRDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environmentsCloud 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.A fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infoColumn orientedKey-value store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score4.25
Rank#79  Overall
#43  Relational DBMS
Score10.68
Rank#43  Overall
#27  Relational DBMS
Score0.20
Rank#317  Overall
#47  Key-value stores
Websitewww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.htmlwww.vertica.comyottadb.com
Technical documentationhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywherevertica.com/­documentationyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperSAP infoformerly SybaseOpenText infopreviously Micro Focus and Hewlett PackardYottaDB, LLC
Initial release199220052001
Current release17, July 201512.0.3, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenono infoon-premises, all major clouds - Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and containersno
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Implementation languageC++C
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxDocker
Linux
Data schemeyesYes, 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 dateyesyesno
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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesNo Indexes Required. Different internal optimization strategy, but same functionality included.no
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesFull 1999 standard plus machine learning, time series and geospatial. Over 650 functions.by using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spark Connector
vSQL infocharacter-based, interactive, front-end utility
PostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perlyes, PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL, with minor differences
Triggersyesyes, called Custom Alerts
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning, hierarchical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroringMulti-source replication infoOne, or more copies of data replicated across nodes, or object-store used for repository.yes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infoBi-directional Spark integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDoptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard; supports Kerberos, LDAP, Ident and hashUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms
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SAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server AnywhereVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™YottaDB
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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