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System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL vs. H2GIS vs. IBM Db2 vs. Kdb vs. Realm

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  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.Spatial extension of H2Common in IBM host environments, 2 different versions for host and Windows/LinuxHigh performance Time Series DBMSA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core Data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS infoSince Version 10.5 support for JSON/BSON documents compatible with MongoDBTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument store
RDF store infoin Db2 LUW (Linux, Unix, Windows)
Spatial DBMS infowith Db2 Spatial Extender
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.85
Rank#207  Overall
#96  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score128.46
Rank#8  Overall
#5  Relational DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­analyticdb-for-mysqlwww.h2gis.orgwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2kx.comrealm.io
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­doc-detail/­93776.htmwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homewww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2code.kx.comrealm.io/­docs
DeveloperAlibabaCNRSIBMKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019
Initial release20131983 infohost version2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032014
Current release12.1, October 20163.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoLGPL 3.0commercial infofree version is availablecommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageJavaC and C++q
Server operating systemshostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
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.yesnoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesyesSQL-like query language (q)no
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
JSON style queries infoMongoDB compatible
ODBC
XQuery
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesC#
Java
PHP
Python
JavaC
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Visual Basic
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infobased on H2yesuser defined functionsno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary
Triggersyesyesyesyes infowith viewsyes infoChange Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenoneSharding infoonly with Windows/Unix/Linux Versionhorizontal partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyes infobased on H2yes infowith separate tools (MQ, InfoSphere)Source-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
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.yesyesyesyes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infobased on H2fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardrights management via user accountsyes
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Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQLH2GISIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2KdbRealm
Specific characteristicsA real-time data warehousing service that can process PB data with high concurrency...
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Integrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesTPC Benchmark: The world leading result in TPC-DS benchmark . TPC-H benchmark for...
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provides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsAvailable regions: America US Virginia US Silicon Valley Asia China Hong Kong India...
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