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DBMS > Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. IBM Cloudant vs. Machbase Neo vs. OpenQM

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. IBM Cloudant vs. Machbase Neo vs. OpenQM

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparisonMachbase Neo infoFormer name was Infiniflux  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  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.Cloud Firestore is an auto-scaling document database for storing, syncing, and querying data for mobile and web apps. It offers seamless integration with other Firebase and Google Cloud Platform products.Database as a Service offering based on Apache CouchDBTimeSeries DBMS for AIoT and BigDataQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeDocument storeTime Series DBMSMultivalue DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.85
Rank#207  Overall
#96  Relational DBMS
Score7.85
Rank#51  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score2.68
Rank#106  Overall
#20  Document stores
Score0.12
Rank#339  Overall
#30  Time Series DBMS
Score0.27
Rank#298  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­analyticdb-for-mysqlfirebase.google.com/­products/­firestorewww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudantmachbase.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qm
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­doc-detail/­93776.htmfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestorecloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudantmachbase.com/­dbms
DeveloperAlibabaGoogleIBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014MachbaseRocket Software, originally Martin Phillips
Initial release2017201020131993
Current releaseV8.0, August 20233.4-12
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercial infofree test version availableOpen Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesyesyesnono
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Implementation languageErlangC
Server operating systemshostedhostedhostedLinux
macOS
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyesyes infowith some exceptions
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes
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 indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnonoSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Android
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIgRPC
HTTP REST
JDBC
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC#
Java
PHP
Python
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
C#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
PHP infovia ODBC
Python
R infovia ODBC
Scala
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud FunctionsView functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScriptnoyes
Triggersyesyes, with Cloud Functionsyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceShardingShardingShardingyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceMulti-source replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
selectable replication factoryes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoUsing Cloud Dataflowyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyesno infoatomic operations within a document possiblenoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoOptimistic lockingyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesnoyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes infovolatile and lookup table
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. Security Rules for 3rd party authentication using Firebase Auth.Access rights for users can be defined per databasesimple password-based access controlAccess rights can be defined down to the item level
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Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQLGoogle Cloud FirestoreIBM CloudantMachbase Neo infoFormer name was InfinifluxOpenQM infoalso called QM
Specific characteristicsA real-time data warehousing service that can process PB data with high concurrency...
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Licensing and pricing modelsAvailable regions: America US Virginia US Silicon Valley Asia China Hong Kong India...
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