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System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL vs. BoltDB vs. Ehcache vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. Heroic

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL  Xexclude from comparisonBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  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 embedded key-value store for Go.A widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsCloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.Time Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearch
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeKey-value storeDocument storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.85
Rank#207  Overall
#96  Relational DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score14.29
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score0.51
Rank#255  Overall
#21  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­analyticdb-for-mysqlgithub.com/­boltdb/­boltwww.ehcache.orgfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasegithub.com/­spotify/­heroic
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­doc-detail/­93776.htmwww.ehcache.org/­documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasespotify.github.io/­heroic
DeveloperAlibabaTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Spotify
Initial release2013200920122014
Current release3.10.0, March 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonoyesno
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Implementation languageGoJavaJava
Server operating systemshostedBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VMhosted
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes
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 indexesyesnonoyesyes infovia Elasticsearch
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnononono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JCacheAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
Java
PHP
Python
GoJavaJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonolimited functionality with using 'rules'no
Triggersyesnoyes infoCache Event ListenersCallbacks are triggered when data changesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenoneSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenoneyes infoby using Terracotta Serveryes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Eventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyesyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceyesno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnonoyes, based on authentication and database rules
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Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQLBoltDBEhcacheFirebase Realtime DatabaseHeroic
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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