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DBMS > Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL vs. dBASE vs. EDB Postgres vs. IBM Db2 vs. Realm

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL vs. dBASE vs. EDB Postgres vs. IBM Db2 vs. Realm

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonEDB Postgres  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  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.dBase was one of the first databases with a development environment on PC's. Its latest version dBase V is still sold as dBase classic, which needs a DOS Emulation. The up-to-date product is dBase plus.The EDB Postgres Platform is an enterprise-class data management platform based on the open source database PostgreSQL with flexible deployment options and Oracle compatibility features, complemented by tool kits for management, integration, and migration.Common in IBM host environments, 2 different versions for host and Windows/LinuxA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core Data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infoSince Version 10.5 support for JSON/BSON documents compatible with MongoDBDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Document store
RDF store infoin Db2 LUW (Linux, Unix, Windows)
Spatial DBMS infowith Db2 Spatial Extender
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Score0.85
Rank#207  Overall
#96  Relational DBMS
Score10.34
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score1.90
Rank#135  Overall
#63  Relational DBMS
Score128.46
Rank#8  Overall
#5  Relational DBMS
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­analyticdb-for-mysqlwww.dbase.comwww.enterprisedb.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2realm.io
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­doc-detail/­93776.htmwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasewww.enterprisedb.com/­docswww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2realm.io/­docs
DeveloperAlibabaAsthon TateEnterpriseDBIBMRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019
Initial release197920051983 infohost version2014
Current releasedBASE 2019, 201914, December 202112.1, October 2016
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infoBSD for PostgreSQL-componentscommercial infofree version is availableOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageCC and C++
Server operating systemshostedDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
Linux
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.yesyes infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.no
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyes infostandard with numerous extensionsyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
none infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
ADO.NET
JDBC
JSON style queries infoMongoDB compatible
ODBC
XQuery
Supported programming languagesC#
Java
PHP
Python
dBase proprietary IDE.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
C
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Visual Basic
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.user defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.yesno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary
Triggersyesnoyesyesyes infoChange Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenonehorizontal partitioning infoby hash, list or rangeSharding infoonly with Windows/Unix/Linux Versionnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenoneMulti-source replicationyes infowith separate tools (MQ, InfoSphere)none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
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.yesnoyes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes
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Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQLdBASEEDB PostgresIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2Realm
Specific characteristicsA real-time data warehousing service that can process PB data with high concurrency...
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