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DBMS > Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL vs. Altibase vs. FileMaker vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. PostGIS

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL vs. Altibase vs. FileMaker vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. PostGIS

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL  Xexclude from comparisonAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  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.An enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.A containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalabilitySpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
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Score0.85
Rank#207  Overall
#96  Relational DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#186  Overall
#87  Relational DBMS
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score4.05
Rank#83  Overall
#14  Document stores
#10  Key-value stores
#1  Object oriented DBMS
#45  Relational DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­analyticdb-for-mysqlaltibase.comwww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-irispostgis.net
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­doc-detail/­93776.htmgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualswww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationdocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.clspostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperAlibabaAltibaseClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleInterSystems
Initial release1999198320182005
Current releasev7.3, 2023, August 202319.4.1, November 20212023.3, June 20233.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023commercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageC++C
Server operating systemshostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesdepending on used data modelyes
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 infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatyesyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesANSI SQL-92yes infovia pluginsyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
Java
PHP
Python
C
C++
Java
PHP.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesstored procedures and stored functionsyesyesuser defined functions
Triggersyesyesyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceShardingnoneShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Source-replica replicationyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACIDACID
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.yesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesyesyes infobased on PostgreSQL
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Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQLAltibaseFileMakerInterSystems IRISPostGIS
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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