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System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL vs. ArangoDB vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. GigaSpaces vs. Hypertable

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL  Xexclude from comparisonArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
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.Native multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.Cloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.High performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsAn open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as Hadoop
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Document storeDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Wide column store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeGraph DBMS
Search engine
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Trend Chart
Score0.85
Rank#207  Overall
#96  Relational DBMS
Score3.32
Rank#90  Overall
#15  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score14.29
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score0.97
Rank#192  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­analyticdb-for-mysqlarangodb.comfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.gigaspaces.com
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­doc-detail/­93776.htmdocs.arangodb.comfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.html
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterYouTubeFacebookInstagram
DeveloperAlibabaArangoDB Inc.Google infoacquired by Google 2014Gigaspaces TechnologiesHypertable Inc.
Initial release2012201220002009
Current release3.11.5, November 202315.5, September 20200.9.8.11, March 2016
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnoyesnono
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Implementation languageC++Java, C++, .NetC++
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
Data schemeyesschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectionschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashyesyesno
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.yesnono infoXML can be used for describing objects metadata
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesrestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scans
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnonoSQL-99 for query and DML statementsno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
AQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
GigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
C++ API
Thrift
Supported programming languagesC#
Java
PHP
Python
C#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesJavaScriptlimited functionality with using 'rules'yesno
TriggersyesnoCallbacks are triggered when data changesyes, event driven architectureno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSharding infosince version 2.0ShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSource-replica replication with configurable replication factorMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
selectable replication factor on file system level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptnoyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoconfigurable per collection or per write
Immediate Consistency
OneShard (highly available, fault-tolerant deployment mode with ACID semantics)
Eventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Immediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes inforelationships in graphsnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDyesACIDno
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.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesyes, based on authentication and database rulesRole-based access controlno
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Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQLArangoDBFirebase Realtime DatabaseGigaSpacesHypertable
Specific characteristicsA real-time data warehousing service that can process PB data with high concurrency...
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Graph and Beyond. With more than 11,000 stargazers on GitHub, ArangoDB is the leading...
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Competitive advantagesTPC Benchmark: The world leading result in TPC-DS benchmark . TPC-H benchmark for...
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Consolidation: As a native multi-model database, can be used as a full blown document...
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Typical application scenariosNative multi-model in ArangoDB is being used for a broad range of projects across...
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Key customersCisco, Barclays, Refinitive, Siemens Mentor, Kabbage, Liaison, Douglas, MakeMyTrip,...
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Market metricsArangoDB is the leading native multi-model database with over 11,000 stargazers on...
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Licensing and pricing modelsAvailable regions: America US Virginia US Silicon Valley Asia China Hong Kong India...
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Very permissive Apache 2 License for Community Edition & commercial licenses are...
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