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DBMS > Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL vs. Cassandra vs. Dgraph vs. LokiJS vs. Oracle Berkeley DB

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL vs. Cassandra vs. Dgraph vs. LokiJS vs. Oracle Berkeley DB

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL  Xexclude from comparisonCassandra  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Berkeley DB  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.Wide-column store based on ideas of BigTable and DynamoDB infoOptimized for write accessDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSIn-memory JavaScript DBMSWidely used in-process key-value store
Primary database modelRelational DBMSWide column storeGraph DBMSDocument storeKey-value store infosupports sorted and unsorted key sets
Native XML DBMS infoin the Oracle Berkeley DB XML version
Secondary database modelsDocument storeVector DBMS infostarting with release V5
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.76
Rank#223  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
Score103.86
Rank#12  Overall
#1  Wide column stores
Score1.48
Rank#158  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score0.48
Rank#262  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score2.52
Rank#114  Overall
#20  Key-value stores
#3  Native XML DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­analyticdb-for-mysqlcassandra.apache.orgdgraph.iogithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­berkeleydb.html
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­doc-detail/­93776.htmcassandra.apache.org/­doc/­latestdgraph.io/­docstechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.oracle.com/­cd/­E17076_05/­html/­index.html
DeveloperAlibabaApache Software Foundation infoApache top level project, originally developped by FacebookDgraph Labs, Inc.Oracle infooriginally developed by Sleepycat, which was acquired by Oracle
Initial release2008201620141994
Current release4.1.3, July 202318.1.40, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infocommercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageJavaGoJavaScriptC, Java, C++ (depending on the Berkeley DB edition)
Server operating systemshostedBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
Android
FreeBSD
iOS
Linux
OS X
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnono
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.yesnononoyes infoonly with the Berkeley DB XML edition
Secondary indexesyesrestricted infoonly equality queries, not always the best performing solutionyesyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like SELECT, DML and DDL statements (CQL)nonoyes infoSQL interfaced based on SQLite is available
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
Thrift
GraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesC#
Java
PHP
Python
C#
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript.Net infoFigaro is a .Net framework assembly that extends Berkeley DB XML into an embeddable database engine for .NET
others infoThird-party libraries to manipulate Berkeley DB files are available for many languages
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js) info3rd party binding
Perl
Python
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonoView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersyesyesnoyesyes infoonly for the SQL API
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSharding infono "single point of failure"yesnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleSynchronous replication via RaftnoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users can be defined per objectno infoPlanned for future releasesnono
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Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQLCassandraDgraphLokiJSOracle Berkeley DB
Specific characteristicsA real-time data warehousing service that can process PB data with high concurrency...
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Apache Cassandra is the leading NoSQL, distributed database management system, well...
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Competitive advantagesTPC Benchmark: The world leading result in TPC-DS benchmark . TPC-H benchmark for...
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No single point of failure ensures 100% availability . Operational simplicity for...
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Typical application scenariosInternet of Things (IOT), fraud detection applications, recommendation engines, product...
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Key customersApple, Netflix, Uber, ING,, Intuit,Fidelity, NY Times, Outbrain, BazaarVoice, Best...
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Market metricsCassandra is used by 40% of the Fortune 100.
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Licensing and pricing modelsAvailable regions: America US Virginia US Silicon Valley Asia China Hong Kong India...
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Apache license  Pricing for commercial distributions provided by DataStax and available...
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