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DBMS > Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. Cachelot.io vs. Datastax Enterprise vs. Datomic vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. Cachelot.io vs. Datastax Enterprise vs. Datomic vs. SwayDB

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDB  Xexclude from comparisonCachelot.io  Xexclude from comparisonDatastax Enterprise  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn online MPP (Massively Parallel Processing) data warehousing service based on GreenplumIn-memory caching systemDataStax Enterprise (DSE) is the always-on, scalable data platform built on Apache Cassandra and designed for hybrid Cloud. DSE integrates graph, search, analytics, administration, developer tooling, and monitoring into a unified platform.Datomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeWide column storeRelational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.68
Rank#231  Overall
#105  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Score5.80
Rank#60  Overall
#4  Wide column stores
Score1.59
Rank#150  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#382  Overall
#59  Key-value stores
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­hybriddb-postgresqlcachelot.iowww.datastax.com/­products/­datastax-enterprisewww.datomic.comswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­analyticdb-for-postgresql/­latest/­product-introduction-overviewdocs.datastax.comdocs.datomic.com
DeveloperAlibaba / Pivotal Software Inc. / PostgreSQL Global Development GroupDataStaxCognitectSimer Plaha
Initial release20162015201120122018
Current release6.8, April 20201.0.6735, June 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoSimplified BSD Licensecommercialcommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaJava, ClojureScala
Server operating systemshostedFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Linux
OS X
All OS with a Java VM
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesno
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 indexesyesnoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL); Spark SQLnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Memcached protocolProprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language)
TinkerPop Gremlin infowith DSE Graph
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
Perl
Python
R
.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Clojure
Java
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonoyes infoTransaction Functionsno
TriggersyesnoyesBy using transaction functionsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenoneSharding infono "single point of failure"none infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenoneconfigurable replication factor, datacenter aware, advanced replication for edge computingnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Tunable Consistency infoconsistency level can be individually decided with each write operation
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnono infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACIDAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesnoyesyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoAccess rights for users can be defined per objectnono
More information provided by the system vendor
Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDBCachelot.ioDatastax EnterpriseDatomicSwayDB
Specific characteristicsDataStax Enterprise is scale-out data infrastructure for enterprises that need to...
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Competitive advantagesSupporting the following application requirements: Zero downtime - Built on Apache...
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Typical application scenariosApplications that must be massively and linearly scalable with 100% uptime and able...
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Key customersCapital One, Cisco, Comcast, eBay, McDonald's, Microsoft, Safeway, Sony, UBS, and...
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Market metricsAmong the Forbes 100 Most Innovative Companies, DataStax is trusted by 5 of the top...
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Licensing and pricing modelsAnnual subscription
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