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DBMS > Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. Apache Impala vs. Firebase Realtime Database

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. Apache Impala vs. Firebase Realtime Database

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDB  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn online MPP (Massively Parallel Processing) data warehousing service based on GreenplumSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageAnalytic DBMS for HadoopCloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.76
Rank#220  Overall
#102  Relational DBMS
Score2.02
Rank#124  Overall
#22  Document stores
#59  Relational DBMS
Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­hybriddb-postgresqldrill.apache.orgimpala.apache.orgfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-database
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­analyticdb-for-postgresql/­latest/­product-introduction-overviewdrill.apache.org/­docsimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlfirebase.google.com/­docs/­database
DeveloperAlibaba / Pivotal Software Inc. / PostgreSQL Global Development GroupApache Software FoundationApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014
Initial release2016201220132012
Current release1.20.3, January 20234.1.0, June 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonoyes
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Implementation languageC++
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Linuxhosted
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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 indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantSQL-like DML and DDL statementsno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
Perl
Python
R
C++All languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducelimited functionality with using 'rules'
TriggersyesnonoCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceselectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyes infoquery execution via MapReduceno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noDepending on the underlying data sourceno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardDepending on the underlying data sourceAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosyes, based on authentication and database rules

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