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System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL vs. Hypertable vs. Kinetica vs. Realm vs. Vertica

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and 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.An open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopFully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataCloud or off-cloud analytical database and query engine for structured and semi-structured streaming and batch data. Machine learning platform with built-in algorithms, data preparation capabilities, and model evaluation and management via SQL or Python.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSWide column storeRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS infoColumn oriented
Secondary database modelsDocument storeSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.91
Rank#201  Overall
#94  Relational DBMS
Score0.66
Rank#234  Overall
#107  Relational DBMS
Score7.41
Rank#52  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score10.06
Rank#42  Overall
#26  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­analyticdb-for-mysqlwww.kinetica.comrealm.iowww.vertica.com
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­doc-detail/­93776.htmdocs.kinetica.comrealm.io/­docsvertica.com/­documentation
DeveloperAlibabaHypertable Inc.KineticaRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019OpenText infopreviously Micro Focus and Hewlett Packard
Initial release2009201220142005
Current release0.9.8.11, March 20167.1, August 202112.0.3, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availablecommercialOpen Sourcecommercial infoLimited community edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono infoon-premises, all major clouds - Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and containers
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Implementation languageC++C, C++C++
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
LinuxAndroid
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesYes, but also semi-structure/unstructured data storage, and complex hierarchical data (like Parquet) stored and/or queried.
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes
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 indexesyesrestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansyesyesNo Indexes Required. Different internal optimization strategy, but same functionality included.
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoFull 1999 standard plus machine learning, time series and geospatial. Over 650 functions.
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
C++ API
Thrift
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spark Connector
vSQL infocharacter-based, interactive, front-end utility
Supported programming languagesC#
Java
PHP
Python
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnouser defined functionsno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryyes, PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL, with minor differences
Triggersyesnoyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangeyes infoChange Listenersyes, called Custom Alerts
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceShardingShardingnonehorizontal partitioning, hierarchical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceselectable replication factor on file system levelSource-replica replicationnoneMulti-source replication infoOne, or more copies of data replicated across nodes, or object-store used for repository.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono infoBi-directional Spark integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.yesyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMyes infoIn-Memory realmno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoAccess rights for users and roles on table levelyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard; supports Kerberos, LDAP, Ident and hash
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Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQLHypertableKineticaRealmVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™
Specific characteristicsA real-time data warehousing service that can process PB data with high concurrency...
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Deploy-anywhere database for large-scale analytical deployments. Deploy off-cloud,...
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Competitive advantagesTPC Benchmark: The world leading result in TPC-DS benchmark . TPC-H benchmark for...
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Fast, scalable, and capable of high concurrency. Separation of compute/storage leverages...
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Typical application scenariosCommunication and network analytics, Embedded analytics, Fraud monitoring and Risk...
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Key customersAbiba Systems, Adform, adMarketplace, AmeriPride, Anritsu, AOL, Avito, Auckland Transport,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsAvailable regions: America US Virginia US Silicon Valley Asia China Hong Kong India...
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Cost-based models and subscription-based models are both available. One license is...
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