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DBMS > Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL vs. Apache IoTDB vs. BoltDB vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. Heroic

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL vs. Apache IoTDB vs. BoltDB vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. Heroic

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  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 IoT native database with high performance for data management and analysis, deployable on the edge and the cloud and integrated with Hadoop, Spark and FlinkAn embedded key-value store for Go.Cloud Firestore is an auto-scaling document database for storing, syncing, and querying data for mobile and web apps. It offers seamless integration with other Firebase and Google Cloud Platform products.Time Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearch
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSKey-value storeDocument storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.85
Rank#207  Overall
#96  Relational DBMS
Score1.18
Rank#173  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score7.85
Rank#51  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score0.51
Rank#255  Overall
#21  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­analyticdb-for-mysqliotdb.apache.orggithub.com/­boltdb/­boltfirebase.google.com/­products/­firestoregithub.com/­spotify/­heroic
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­doc-detail/­93776.htmiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmlfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestorespotify.github.io/­heroic
DeveloperAlibabaApache Software FoundationGoogleSpotify
Initial release2018201320172014
Current release1.1.0, April 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoMIT LicensecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaGoJava
Server operating systemshostedAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)BSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hosted
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesyes
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 indexesyesyesnoyesyes infovia Elasticsearch
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query languagenonono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
Native API
Android
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
Java
PHP
Python
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
GoGo
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesnoyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud Functionsno
Triggersyesyesnoyes, with Cloud Functionsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicehorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)noneShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasnoneMulti-source replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoIntegration with Hadoop and SparknoUsing Cloud Dataflowno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
noneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoyesyesno
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.yesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management. Security Rules for 3rd party authentication using Firebase Auth.
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Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQLApache IoTDBBoltDBGoogle Cloud FirestoreHeroic
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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