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System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL vs. Alibaba Cloud PolarDB vs. Blueflood vs. GreptimeDB vs. SAP SQL Anywhere

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL  Xexclude from comparisonAlibaba Cloud PolarDB  Xexclude from comparisonBlueflood  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA 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.A cloud-native relational database compatible with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle. Designed for business critical applications.Scalable TimeSeries DBMS based on CassandraAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyRDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environments
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score0.91
Rank#201  Overall
#94  Relational DBMS
Score0.66
Rank#235  Overall
#108  Relational DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#346  Overall
#33  Time Series DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#351  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score3.95
Rank#80  Overall
#42  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­analyticdb-for-mysqlwww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­polardbblueflood.iogreptime.comwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.html
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­doc-detail/­93776.htmwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­polardb/­product-overviewgithub.com/­rax-maas/­blueflood/­wikidocs.greptime.comhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywhere
DeveloperAlibabaAlibabaRackspaceGreptime Inc.SAP infoformerly Sybase
Initial release201320221992
Current release17, July 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaRust
Server operating systemshostedhostedLinux
OS X
Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyespredefined schemeschema-free, schema definition possibleyes
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.yesyesnonoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesnoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP RESTgRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
ADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC#
Java
PHP
Python
Java
Python
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesnoPythonyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perl
Triggersyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSharding infobased on CassandraShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroring
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoSimple rights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQLAlibaba Cloud PolarDBBluefloodGreptimeDBSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere
Specific characteristicsA real-time data warehousing service that can process PB data with high concurrency...
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PolarDB, previously ApsaraDB for PolarDB, is a cloud-native relational database designed...
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GreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Competitive advantagesTPC Benchmark: The world leading result in TPC-DS benchmark . TPC-H benchmark for...
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- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Typical application scenariosCreating a Robust Cloud-Based Database for Fintech, E-Commerce and Gaming. Learn...
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For IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Licensing and pricing modelsAvailable regions: America US Virginia US Silicon Valley Asia China Hong Kong India...
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Specification and pricing. You can use either of the following billing methods to...
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GreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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