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DBMS > Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. Amazon DynamoDB vs. CockroachDB vs. Databricks vs. Sequoiadb

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. Amazon DynamoDB vs. CockroachDB vs. Databricks vs. Sequoiadb

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDB  Xexclude from comparisonAmazon DynamoDB  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn online MPP (Massively Parallel Processing) data warehousing service based on GreenplumHosted, scalable database service by Amazon with the data stored in Amazons cloudCockroachDB is a distributed database architected for modern cloud applications. It is wire compatible with PostgreSQL and backed by a Key-Value Store, which is either RocksDB or a purpose-built derivative, called Pebble.The Databricks Lakehouse Platform combines elements of data lakes and data warehouses to provide a unified view onto structured and unstructured data. It is based on Apache Spark.NewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Relational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
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Score0.69
Rank#218  Overall
#100  Relational DBMS
Score75.58
Rank#16  Overall
#3  Document stores
#2  Key-value stores
Score4.02
Rank#68  Overall
#37  Relational DBMS
Score90.03
Rank#13  Overall
#2  Document stores
#9  Relational DBMS
Score0.39
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­hybriddb-postgresqlaws.amazon.com/­dynamodbwww.cockroachlabs.comwww.databricks.comwww.sequoiadb.com
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­analyticdb-for-postgresql/­latest/­product-introduction-overviewdocs.aws.amazon.com/­dynamodbwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.databricks.comwww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=index
DeveloperAlibaba / Pivotal Software Inc. / PostgreSQL Global Development GroupAmazonCockroach LabsDatabricksSequoiadb Ltd.
Initial release20162012201520132013
Current release24.1.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree tier for a limited amount of database operationsOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesyesnoyesno
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Implementation languageGoC++
Server operating systemshostedhostedLinux
macOS
Windows
hostedLinux
Data schemeyesschema-freedynamic schemaFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)schema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regex
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 indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLwith Databricks SQLSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP APIJDBCJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
proprietary protocol using JSON
Supported programming languagesC
Java
Perl
Python
R
.Net
ColdFusion
Erlang
Groovy
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonouser defined functions and aggregatesJavaScript
Triggersyesyes infoby integration with AWS Lambdanono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceShardinghorizontal partitioning (by key range) infoall tables are translated to an ordered KV store and then broken down into 64MB ranges, which are then used as replicas in RAFTSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyesMulti-source replication using RAFTyesSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infomay be implemented via Amazon Elastic MapReduce (Amazon EMR)nono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infoACID across one or more tables within a single AWS account and regionACIDACIDDocument is locked during a transaction
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.nononono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)Role-based access controlsimple password-based access control
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Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDBAmazon DynamoDBCockroachDBDatabricksSequoiadb
Specific characteristicsSupported database models : In addition to the Document store and Relational DBMS...
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