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DBMS > Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL vs. Apache Phoenix vs. EDB Postgres vs. Google Cloud Datastore vs. Realm

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL vs. Apache Phoenix vs. EDB Postgres vs. Google Cloud Datastore vs. Realm

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Phoenix  Xexclude from comparisonEDB Postgres  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Datastore  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  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 scale-out RDBMS with evolutionary schema built on Apache HBaseThe EDB Postgres Platform is an enterprise-class data management platform based on the open source database PostgreSQL with flexible deployment options and Oracle compatibility features, complemented by tool kits for management, integration, and migration.Automatically scaling NoSQL Database as a Service (DBaaS) on the Google Cloud PlatformA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core Data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.85
Rank#207  Overall
#96  Relational DBMS
Score1.97
Rank#126  Overall
#59  Relational DBMS
Score1.90
Rank#135  Overall
#63  Relational DBMS
Score4.47
Rank#76  Overall
#12  Document stores
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­analyticdb-for-mysqlphoenix.apache.orgwww.enterprisedb.comcloud.google.com/­datastorerealm.io
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­doc-detail/­93776.htmphoenix.apache.orgwww.enterprisedb.com/­docscloud.google.com/­datastore/­docsrealm.io/­docs
DeveloperAlibabaApache Software FoundationEnterpriseDBGoogleRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019
Initial release2014200520082014
Current release5.0-HBase2, July 2018 and 4.15-HBase1, December 201914, December 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infoBSD for PostgreSQL-componentscommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaC
Server operating systemshostedLinux
Unix
Windows
Linux
Windows
hostedAndroid
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyes infolate-bound, schema-on-read capabilitiesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes, details hereyes
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 infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.nono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesyes infostandard with numerous extensionsSQL-like query language (GQL)no
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBCADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC#
Java
PHP
Python
C
C#
C++
Go
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsuser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.using Google App Engineno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary
TriggersyesnoyesCallbacks using the Google Apps Engineyes infoChange Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceShardinghorizontal partitioning infoby hash, list or rangeShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replicationMulti-source replication using Paxosnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoHadoop integrationnoyes infousing Google Cloud Dataflowno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on type of query and configuration infoStrong Consistency is default for entity lookups and queries within an Entity Group (but can instead be made eventually consistent). Other queries are always eventual consistent.Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes infovia ReferenceProperties or Ancestor pathsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACID infoSerializable Isolation within Transactions, Read Committed outside of TransactionsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
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.yesyesnonoyes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess Control Lists (using HBase ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC, multi-tenancyfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)yes
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Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQLApache PhoenixEDB PostgresGoogle Cloud DatastoreRealm
Specific characteristicsA real-time data warehousing service that can process PB data with high concurrency...
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