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DBMS > Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL vs. HarperDB vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. NSDb vs. OrigoDB

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL vs. HarperDB vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. NSDb vs. OrigoDB

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonNSDb  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  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.Ultra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.Database as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerScalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of KubernetesA fully ACID in-memory object graph database
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.85
Rank#207  Overall
#96  Relational DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score77.99
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#53  Document stores
#20  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­analyticdb-for-mysqlwww.harperdb.ioazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasensdb.ioorigodb.com
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­doc-detail/­93776.htmdocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlnsdb.io/­Architectureorigodb.com/­docs
DeveloperAlibabaHarperDBMicrosoftRobert Friberg et al
Initial release2017201020172009 infounder the name LiveDB
Current release3.1, August 2021V12
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree community edition availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnoyesnono
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Implementation languageNode.jsC++Java, ScalaC#
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
hostedLinux
macOS
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesdynamic schemayesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoJSON data typesyesyes: int, bigint, decimal, stringUser defined using .NET types and collections
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.yesnoyesnono infocan be achieved using .NET
Secondary indexesyesyesyesall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like data manipulation statementsyesSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
gRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
Supported programming languagesC#
Java
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java
Scala
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesCustom Functions infosince release 3.1Transact SQLnoyes
Triggersyesnoyesyes infoDomain Events
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterShardinghorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronized
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedyes, with always 3 replicas availableSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnodepending on model
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, using LMDByesUsing Apache Luceneyes infoWrite ahead log
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole based authorization
More information provided by the system vendor
Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQLHarperDBMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL AzureNSDbOrigoDB
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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