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DBMS > Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL vs. Apache Impala vs. CouchDB vs. MaxDB vs. PostGIS

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL vs. Apache Impala vs. CouchDB vs. MaxDB vs. PostGIS

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonCouchDB infostands for "Cluster Of Unreliable Commodity Hardware"  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  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.Analytic DBMS for HadoopA native JSON - document store inspired by Lotus Notes, scalable from globally distributed server-clusters down to mobile phones.A robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument storeSpatial DBMS infousing the Geocouch extensionRelational DBMS
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Score0.76
Rank#223  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
Score14.03
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score10.26
Rank#45  Overall
#7  Document stores
Score2.65
Rank#111  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score23.90
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­analyticdb-for-mysqlimpala.apache.orgcouchdb.apache.orgmaxdb.sap.compostgis.net
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­doc-detail/­93776.htmimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.couchdb.org/­en/­stablemaxdb.sap.com/­documentationpostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperAlibabaApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by Damien Katz, a former Lotus Notes developerSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997
Initial release2013200519842005
Current release4.1.0, June 20223.3.3, December 20237.9.10.12, February 20243.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache version 2commercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageC++ErlangC++C
Server operating systemshostedLinuxAndroid
BSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesyes
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.yesnononoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infovia viewsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
Supported programming languagesC#
Java
PHP
Python
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC
C#
ColdFusion
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Lua
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
PL/SQL
Python
Ruby
Smalltalk
.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceView functions in JavaScriptyesuser defined functions
Triggersyesnoyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceShardingSharding infoimproved architecture with release 2.0noneyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceselectable replication factorMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replicationyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnono infoatomic operations within a single document possibleACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infostrategy: optimistic lockingyesyes
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.yesnononono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosAccess rights for users can be defined per databasefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infobased on PostgreSQL
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Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQLApache ImpalaCouchDB infostands for "Cluster Of Unreliable Commodity Hardware"MaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-DPostGIS
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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