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System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. ArangoDB vs. eXtremeDB vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. Transbase

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDB  Xexclude from comparisonArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonTransbase  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn online MPP (Massively Parallel Processing) data warehousing service based on GreenplumNative multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.Natively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringCloud Firestore is an auto-scaling document database for storing, syncing, and querying data for mobile and web apps. It offers seamless integration with other Firebase and Google Cloud Platform products.A resource-optimized, high-performance, universally applicable RDBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document storeRelational DBMS
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Score0.76
Rank#220  Overall
#102  Relational DBMS
Score3.26
Rank#88  Overall
#15  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score0.80
Rank#214  Overall
#99  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score7.36
Rank#53  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score0.17
Rank#334  Overall
#148  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­hybriddb-postgresqlarangodb.comwww.mcobject.comfirebase.google.com/­products/­firestorewww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase.html
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­analyticdb-for-postgresql/­latest/­product-introduction-overviewdocs.arangodb.comwww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestorewww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase/­features.html
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterYouTubeFacebookInstagram
DeveloperAlibaba / Pivotal Software Inc. / PostgreSQL Global Development GroupArangoDB Inc.McObjectGoogleTransaction Software GmbH
Initial release20162012200120171987
Current release3.11.5, November 20238.2, 2021Transbase 8.3, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availablecommercialcommercialcommercial infofree development license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonoyesno
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Implementation languageC++C and C++C and C++
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
hostedFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectionyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashyesyesyes
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.yesno infosupport of XML interfaces availablenono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
AQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Android
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
Perl
Python
R
C#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesJavaScriptyesyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud Functionsyes
Triggersyesnoyes infoby defining eventsyes, with Cloud Functionsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSharding infosince version 2.0horizontal partitioning / shardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSource-replica replication with configurable replication factorActive Replication Fabric™ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
Multi-source replicationSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptnoUsing Cloud Dataflowno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoconfigurable per collection or per write
Immediate Consistency
OneShard (highly available, fault-tolerant deployment mode with ACID semantics)
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes inforelationships in graphsyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDyesyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyesyes
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.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management. Security Rules for 3rd party authentication using Firebase Auth.fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDBArangoDBeXtremeDBGoogle Cloud FirestoreTransbase
Specific characteristicsGraph and Beyond. With more than 11,000 stargazers on GitHub, ArangoDB is the leading...
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eXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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Competitive advantagesConsolidation: As a native multi-model database, can be used as a full blown document...
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eXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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Typical application scenariosNative multi-model in ArangoDB is being used for a broad range of projects across...
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IoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
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Key customersCisco, Barclays, Refinitive, Siemens Mentor, Kabbage, Liaison, Douglas, MakeMyTrip,...
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Schneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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Market metricsArangoDB is the leading native multi-model database with over 11,000 stargazers on...
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With hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
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Licensing and pricing modelsVery permissive Apache 2 License for Community Edition & commercial licenses are...
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For server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
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