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System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL vs. EsgynDB vs. Greenplum vs. IBM Db2 vs. InterSystems Caché

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonGreenplum  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
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.Enterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionAnalytic Database platform built on PostgreSQL. Full name is Pivotal Greenplum Database infoA logical database in Greenplum is an array of individual PostgreSQL databases working together to present a single database image.Common in IBM host environments, 2 different versions for host and Windows/LinuxA multi-model DBMS and application server
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infoSince Version 10.5 support for JSON/BSON documents compatible with MongoDBKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Document store
RDF store infoin Db2 LUW (Linux, Unix, Windows)
Spatial DBMS infowith Db2 Spatial Extender
Document store
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Score0.85
Rank#207  Overall
#96  Relational DBMS
Score0.16
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score8.37
Rank#48  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Score128.46
Rank#8  Overall
#5  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­analyticdb-for-mysqlwww.esgyn.cngreenplum.orgwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2www.intersystems.com/­products/­cache
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­doc-detail/­93776.htmdocs.greenplum.orgwww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2docs.intersystems.com
DeveloperAlibabaEsgynPivotal Software Inc.IBMInterSystems
Initial release201520051983 infohost version1997
Current release7.0.0, September 202312.1, October 20162018.1.4, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree version is availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageC++, JavaC and C++
Server operating systemshostedLinuxLinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyesdepending on used data model
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.yesnoyes infosince Version 4.2yes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesyesyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
JSON style queries infoMongoDB compatible
ODBC
XQuery
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
Java
PHP
Python
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetC
Java
Perl
Python
R
C
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Visual Basic
C#
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesJava Stored Proceduresyesyesyes
Triggersyesnoyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceShardingShardingSharding infoonly with Windows/Unix/Linux Versionnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceMulti-source replication between multi datacentersSource-replica replicationyes infowith separate tools (MQ, InfoSphere)Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACIDACID
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.yesnonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles
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Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQLEsgynDBGreenplumIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2InterSystems Caché
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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