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Greenplum vs Yellowbrick

Greenplum: PostgreSQL-based MPP data warehouse, closed-sourced by Broadcom in 2024 and sold in Tanzu Data. Yellowbrick: PostgreSQL-compatible MPP warehouse that runs on its appliance, any cloud or Kubernetes.

key differences

  • Greenplum is primarily a relational database; Yellowbrick is columnar / OLAP.
  • Only Greenplum has secondary indexes, full-text search, vector search, materialized views.
  • Only Yellowbrick has encryption at rest.

choose greenplum for

  • +Existing Greenplum estates
  • +On-prem Postgres-compatible MPP warehousing
  • +In-database analytics with MADlib

best at · Warehouse, OLAP

choose yellowbrick for

  • +Netezza and Teradata replacement
  • +Hybrid on-prem and cloud warehousing
  • +Regulated industries needing private deployment

best at · Warehouse, OLAP, Real-time analytics

GreenplumPostgreSQL-based MPP data warehouse, closed-sourced by Broadcom in 2024 and sold in Tanzu Data.
YellowbrickPostgreSQL-compatible MPP warehouse that runs on its appliance, any cloud or Kubernetes.
overview
Primary model
Relational
Columnar / OLAP
Also supports
Columnar / OLAP, Spatial, Document
Relational, Spatial, Document
Type
Database engine
Database engine
Status
Active
Active
Developer
Broadcom (VMware Tanzu)
Yellowbrick Data
First release
2005
2017
Latest version
7.8.0 (May 7, 2026)
7.4.1 (Jan 2026)
License
ProprietaryProprietary (open source until May 2024)
ProprietaryProprietary
Free tier
—
—
popularity
WhichDB Score
20.7
4.1
Rank
#151
#420
GitHub stars
–
–
Stack Overflow questions
796
–
scale & guarantees
Comfortable data size
Large (≤ 1 PB)
Large (≤ 1 PB)
Horizontal scaling
Native
Native
Multi-region
Read replicas
Read replicas
ACID
Full
Full
Consistency
Strong
Strong
Schema
Strict
Strict
Architecture
Distributed, Client server
Distributed, Shared storage
deployment
Self-hosted
✓
✓
Vendor-managed cloud
—
—
Serverless
—
—
Embedded
—
—
Edge
—
—
Clouds
–
AWS, Azure, Google Cloud
capabilities
Transactions
✓
✓
Joins
✓
✓
Secondary indexes
✓
—
Full-text search
✓
—
Vector search
✓
—
Geospatial
✓
✓
JSON
✓
✓
Change data capture
—
—
Triggers
—
—
Stored procedures
✓
✓
Materialized views
✓
—
TTL / expiry
—
—
Pub/Sub
—
—
Columnar storage
✓
✓
In-memory
—
—
Durable persistence
✓
✓
Compression
✓
✓
Encryption at rest
—
✓
Role-based access
✓
✓
Time travel
—
—
Branching
—
—
Online schema changes
—
—
Streaming ingest
—
—
Offline sync
—
—
Runs in WebAssembly
—
—
interfaces
Query languages
SQL, PL/pgSQL, PL/Python, PL/R
SQL (PostgreSQL dialect), PL/pgSQL
Client languages
C, Java, Python, Go, JavaScript
Java, Python, C, Go, .NET
Best for
Warehouse, OLAP
Warehouse, OLAP, Real-time analytics
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Greenplum vs Yellowbrick: FAQ

What is the difference between Greenplum and Yellowbrick?

Greenplum: PostgreSQL-based MPP data warehouse, closed-sourced by Broadcom in 2024 and sold in Tanzu Data. Yellowbrick: PostgreSQL-compatible MPP warehouse that runs on its appliance, any cloud or Kubernetes. Greenplum is primarily a relational database; Yellowbrick is columnar / OLAP. Only Greenplum has secondary indexes, full-text search, vector search, materialized views. Only Yellowbrick has encryption at rest.

When should I choose Greenplum over Yellowbrick?

Choose Greenplum for existing Greenplum estates, on-prem Postgres-compatible MPP warehousing and in-database analytics with MADlib. Choose Yellowbrick for netezza and Teradata replacement; hybrid on-prem and cloud warehousing; and regulated industries needing private deployment.

Is Greenplum or Yellowbrick more popular?

Greenplum ranks #151 on the WhichDB Score (20.7/100) and Yellowbrick ranks #420 (4.1/100). Popularity is not fit: check the requirements that matter for your project.

Are Greenplum and Yellowbrick open source?

No. Greenplum is proprietary, closed-source software. No. Yellowbrick is proprietary, closed-source software.