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DBMS > Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. GreptimeDB vs. Heroic

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. GreptimeDB vs. Heroic

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  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.Google's NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.An open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyTime Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearch
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value store
Wide column store
Time Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score0.85
Rank#207  Overall
#96  Relational DBMS
Score3.26
Rank#92  Overall
#13  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score0.06
Rank#352  Overall
#33  Time Series DBMS
Score0.51
Rank#255  Overall
#21  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­analyticdb-for-mysqlcloud.google.com/­bigtablegreptime.comgithub.com/­spotify/­heroic
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­doc-detail/­93776.htmcloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docsdocs.greptime.comspotify.github.io/­heroic
DeveloperAlibabaGoogleGreptime Inc.Spotify
Initial release201520222014
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesyesnono
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Implementation languageRustJava
Server operating systemshostedhostedAndroid
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes
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 indexesyesnoyesyes infovia Elasticsearch
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
Java
PHP
Python
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoPythonno
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceInternal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zonesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic single-row operationsno
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.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)Simple rights management via user accounts
More information provided by the system vendor
Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQLGoogle Cloud BigtableGreptimeDBHeroic
Specific characteristicsA real-time data warehousing service that can process PB data with high concurrency...
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GreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Competitive advantagesTPC Benchmark: The world leading result in TPC-DS benchmark . TPC-H benchmark for...
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- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Licensing and pricing modelsAvailable regions: America US Virginia US Silicon Valley Asia China Hong Kong India...
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GreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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