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DBMS > Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. CockroachDB vs. InterSystems Caché vs. QuestDB

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. CockroachDB vs. InterSystems Caché vs. QuestDB

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDB  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparison
This system has been discontinued and will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionAn online MPP (Massively Parallel Processing) data warehousing service based on GreenplumHighly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksCockroachDB 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.A multi-model DBMS and application serverA high performance open source SQL database for time series data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Relational DBMSKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
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Score0.68
Rank#231  Overall
#105  Relational DBMS
Score6.15
Rank#55  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­hybriddb-postgresqlatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorywww.cockroachlabs.comwww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachequestdb.io
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­analyticdb-for-postgresql/­latest/­product-introduction-overviewwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.intersystems.comquestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperAlibaba / Pivotal Software Inc. / PostgreSQL Global Development GroupAtos Convergence CreatorsCockroach LabsInterSystemsQuestDB Technology Inc
Initial release20162016201519972014
Current release170323.1.1, May 20232018.1.4, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageJavaGoJava (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemshostedLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsdynamic schemadepending on used data modelyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocol
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptionalyesyesyes
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.yesyesnoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLyesSQL with time-series extensions
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
LDAPJDBC.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languagesC
Java
Perl
Python
R
All languages with LDAP bindingsC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
C#
C++
Java
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonoyesno
Triggersyesyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSharding infocell divisionhorizontal 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 RAFTnonehorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyesMulti-source replication using RAFTSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDACIDACID for single-table writes
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.noyesnoyesyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardLDAP bind authenticationRole-based access controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles
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Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDBAtos Standard Common RepositoryCockroachDBInterSystems CachéQuestDB
Specific characteristicsRelational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesHigh ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenariosFinancial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Key customersBanks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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