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System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL vs. Dgraph vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. SurrealDB

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  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.Distributed and scalable native Graph DBMSCloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.A fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMSDocument storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.91
Rank#201  Overall
#94  Relational DBMS
Score1.53
Rank#152  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score1.02
Rank#190  Overall
#33  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­analyticdb-for-mysqldgraph.iofirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasesurrealdb.com
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­doc-detail/­93776.htmdgraph.io/­docsfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasesurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperAlibabaDgraph Labs, Inc.Google infoacquired by Google 2014SurrealDB Ltd
Initial release201620122022
Current releasev1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnoyesno
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Implementation languageGoRust
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnonoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
GraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesC#
Java
PHP
Python
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnolimited functionality with using 'rules'
TriggersyesnoCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSynchronous replication via Raft
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDyesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno infoPlanned for future releasesyes, based on authentication and database rulesyes, based on authentication and database rules
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Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQLDgraphFirebase Realtime DatabaseSurrealDB
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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