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System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL vs. Cassandra vs. etcd vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. PieCloudDB

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL  Xexclude from comparisonCassandra  Xexclude from comparisonetcd  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonPieCloudDB  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 accessA distributed reliable key-value storeCloud 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.A cloud-native analytic database platform with new technologoy for elastic MPP
Primary database modelRelational DBMSWide column storeKey-value storeDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeVector DBMS infostarting with release V5
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.91
Rank#201  Overall
#94  Relational DBMS
Score98.83
Rank#12  Overall
#1  Wide column stores
Score7.03
Rank#54  Overall
#5  Key-value stores
Score7.36
Rank#53  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score0.32
Rank#289  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­analyticdb-for-mysqlcassandra.apache.orgetcd.io
github.com/­etcd-io/­etcd
firebase.google.com/­products/­firestorewww.openpie.com
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­doc-detail/­93776.htmcassandra.apache.org/­doc/­latestetcd.io/­docs
github.com/­etcd-io/­etcd/­tree/­master/­Documentation
firebase.google.com/­docs/­firestore
DeveloperAlibabaApache Software Foundation infoApache top level project, originally developped by FacebookGoogleOpenPie
Initial release20082017
Current release4.1.3, July 20233.4, August 20192.1, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonoyesyes
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Implementation languageJavaGo
Server operating systemshostedBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
Windows infoexperimental
hostedhosted
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesrestricted infoonly equality queries, not always the best performing solutionnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like SELECT, DML and DDL statements (CQL)nonoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
Thrift
gRPC
JSON over HTTP
Android
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC#
Java
PHP
Python
C#
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Tcl
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
Java
PL/SQL
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonoyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud Functionsuser defined functions
Triggersyesyesyes, watching key changesyes, with Cloud Functionsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSharding infono "single point of failure"Shardingyes
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 possibleUsing Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.Multi-source replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnoUsing Cloud Dataflow
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsnoyesACID
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.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users can be defined per objectnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management. Security Rules for 3rd party authentication using Firebase Auth.User Roles and pluggable authentication with full SQL Standard
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Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQLCassandraetcdGoogle Cloud FirestorePieCloudDB
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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PieCloudDB, OpenPie's flagship product, is a cutting-edge cloud-native data warehouse....
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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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Extreme Elastic: PieCloudDB utilizes a cutting-edge eMPP cloud-native architecture...
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Typical application scenariosInternet of Things (IOT), fraud detection applications, recommendation engines, product...
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PieCloudDB is ideal for Data mining applications that require extreme scalability...
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Key customersApple, Netflix, Uber, ING,, Intuit,Fidelity, NY Times, Outbrain, BazaarVoice, Best...
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Sail-Cloud China Shipbuilding Group Haizhou System Soochow Securities ​etc.,
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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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PieCloudDB Community Edition: Community License, Free Download, Self-Hosted Deployment;...
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