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DBMS > Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. Apache Doris vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. IBM Cloudant vs. StarRocks

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. Apache Doris vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. IBM Cloudant vs. StarRocks

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDB  Xexclude from comparisonApache Doris  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparisonStarRocks  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn online MPP (Massively Parallel Processing) data warehousing service based on GreenplumAn MPP-based analytics DBMS embracing the MySQL protocolCloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.Database as a Service offering based on Apache CouchDBAn open source, high-performance columnar analytical database that enables real-time, multi-dimensional, and highly concurrent data analytics infoForked from Apache Doris
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeDocument storeRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.76
Rank#220  Overall
#102  Relational DBMS
Score0.60
Rank#247  Overall
#113  Relational DBMS
Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#19  Document stores
Score0.93
Rank#198  Overall
#93  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­hybriddb-postgresqldoris.apache.org
github.com/­apache/­doris
firebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudantwww.starrocks.io
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­analyticdb-for-postgresql/­latest/­product-introduction-overviewgithub.com/­apache/­doris/­wikifirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasecloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudantdocs.starrocks.io/­en-us/­latest/­introduction/­StarRocks_intro
DeveloperAlibaba / Pivotal Software Inc. / PostgreSQL Global Development GroupApache Software Foundation, originally contributed from BaiduGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014IBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014The Linux Foundation infosince Feb 2023
Initial release20162017201220102020
Current release1.2.2, February 20233.3, June 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnoyesyesno
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Implementation languageJavaErlangC++, Java
Server operating systemshostedLinuxhostedhostedLinux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes
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.yesnononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesnonoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
MySQL client
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIJDBC
MySQL protocol
Supported programming languagesC
Java
Perl
Python
R
JavaJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
C#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionslimited functionality with using 'rules'View functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScriptuser defined functions
TriggersyesnoCallbacks are triggered when data changesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicehorizontal partitioningShardinghorizontal partitioning (by range and hash)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyesno infoatomic operations within a document possibleno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoOptimistic lockingyes
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-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes, based on authentication and database rulesAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseRole based access control and fine grained access rights

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