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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL vs. Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. TimescaleDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL vs. Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. TimescaleDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL  Xexclude from comparisonAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDB  Xexclude from comparisonTimescaleDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryA real-time data warehousing service that can process petabytes of data with high concurrency and low latency. It is fully compatible with the MySQL protocol.An online MPP (Massively Parallel Processing) data warehousing service based on GreenplumA time series DBMS optimized for fast ingest and complex queries, based on PostgreSQL
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score0.91
Rank#201  Overall
#94  Relational DBMS
Score0.76
Rank#220  Overall
#102  Relational DBMS
Score4.46
Rank#71  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­analyticdb-for-mysqlwww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­hybriddb-postgresqlwww.timescale.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­doc-detail/­93776.htmwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­analyticdb-for-postgresql/­latest/­product-introduction-overviewdocs.timescale.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAlibabaAlibaba / Pivotal Software Inc. / PostgreSQL Global Development GroupTimescale
Initial release201420162017
Current release2.15.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedhostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesnumerics, strings, booleans, arrays, JSON blobs, geospatial dimensions, currencies, binary data, other complex data types
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.noyesyesyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesyesyes infofull PostgreSQL SQL syntax
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
Java
PHP
Python
C
Java
Perl
Python
R
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java infoJDBC
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesyesuser defined functions, PL/pgSQL, PL/Tcl, PL/Perl, PL/Python, PL/Java, PL/PHP, PL/R, PL/Ruby, PL/Scheme, PL/Unix shell
Triggersyesyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyes, across time and space (hash partitioning) attributes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSource-replica replication with hot standby and reads on replicas info
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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AlaSQLAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQLAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDBTimescaleDB
Specific characteristicsA real-time data warehousing service that can process PB data with high concurrency...
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Competitive advantagesTPC Benchmark: The world leading result in TPC-DS benchmark . TPC-H benchmark for...
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Licensing and pricing modelsAvailable regions: America US Virginia US Silicon Valley Asia China Hong Kong India...
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