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System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL vs. Apache Drill vs. CockroachDB vs. Datastax Enterprise vs. LokiJS

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonDatastax Enterprise  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  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.Schema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageCockroachDB is a distributed database architected for modern cloud applications. It is wire compatible with PostgreSQL and backed by a Key-Value Store, which is either RocksDB or a purpose-built derivative, called Pebble.DataStax Enterprise (DSE) is the always-on, scalable data platform built on Apache Cassandra and designed for hybrid Cloud. DSE integrates graph, search, analytics, administration, developer tooling, and monitoring into a unified platform.In-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSWide column storeDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Vector DBMS
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Score0.91
Rank#201  Overall
#94  Relational DBMS
Score2.02
Rank#124  Overall
#22  Document stores
#59  Relational DBMS
Score5.73
Rank#58  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score5.93
Rank#56  Overall
#4  Wide column stores
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­analyticdb-for-mysqldrill.apache.orgwww.cockroachlabs.comwww.datastax.com/­products/­datastax-enterprisegithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­doc-detail/­93776.htmdrill.apache.org/­docswww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.datastax.comtechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperAlibabaApache Software FoundationCockroach LabsDataStax
Initial release2012201520112014
Current release1.20.3, January 202324.1.0, May 20246.8, April 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageGoJavaJavaScript
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesschema-freedynamic schemaschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesno
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.yesnononono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL); Spark SQLno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBCProprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language)
TinkerPop Gremlin infowith DSE Graph
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesC#
Java
PHP
Python
C++C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsnonoView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyesnonoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceShardinghorizontal partitioning (by key range) infoall tables are translated to an ordered KV store and then broken down into 64MB ranges, which are then used as replicas in RAFTSharding infono "single point of failure"none
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceMulti-source replication using RAFTconfigurable replication factor, datacenter aware, advanced replication for edge computingnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnoyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Tunable Consistency infoconsistency level can be individually decided with each write operation
none
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsno infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesDepending on the underlying data sourcenoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardDepending on the underlying data sourceRole-based access controlAccess rights for users can be defined per objectno
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Specific characteristicsA real-time data warehousing service that can process PB data with high concurrency...
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DataStax Enterprise is scale-out data infrastructure for enterprises that need to...
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Competitive advantagesTPC Benchmark: The world leading result in TPC-DS benchmark . TPC-H benchmark for...
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Supporting the following application requirements: Zero downtime - Built on Apache...
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Typical application scenariosApplications that must be massively and linearly scalable with 100% uptime and able...
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Key customersCapital One, Cisco, Comcast, eBay, McDonald's, Microsoft, Safeway, Sony, UBS, and...
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Market metricsAmong the Forbes 100 Most Innovative Companies, DataStax is trusted by 5 of the top...
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Licensing and pricing modelsAvailable regions: America US Virginia US Silicon Valley Asia China Hong Kong India...
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