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System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. DataFS vs. FileMaker vs. Google Cloud Spanner vs. Kdb

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDB  Xexclude from comparisonDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Spanner  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn online MPP (Massively Parallel Processing) data warehousing service based on GreenplumAll data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.A horizontally scalable, globally consistent, relational database service. It is the externalization of the core Google database that runs the biggest aspects of Google, like Ads and Google Play.High performance Time Series DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.76
Rank#220  Overall
#102  Relational DBMS
Score0.09
Rank#360  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score2.84
Rank#100  Overall
#51  Relational DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­hybriddb-postgresqlnewdatabase.comwww.claris.com/­filemakercloud.google.com/­spannerkx.com
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­analyticdb-for-postgresql/­latest/­product-introduction-overviewdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationcloud.google.com/­spanner/­docscode.kx.com
DeveloperAlibaba / Pivotal Software Inc. / PostgreSQL Global Development GroupMobiland AGClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleGoogleKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plc
Initial release20162018198320172000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003
Current release1.1.263, October 202219.4.1, November 20213.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit version
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonoyesno
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Implementation languageq
Server operating systemshostedWindowsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)yesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.yesnoyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatnoyes
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyes infovia pluginsyes infoQuery statements complying to ANSI 2011SQL-like query language (q)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
JDBC infoAt present, JDBC supports read-only queries. No support for DDL or DML statements.
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesC
Java
Perl
Python
R
.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
PHPGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesnouser defined functions
Triggersyesno, except callback-events from server when changes happenedyesnoyes infowith views
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceProprietary Sharding systemnoneShardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Multi-source replication with 3 replicas for regional instances.Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes infousing Google Cloud Dataflowno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processing
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyes infoby using interleaved tables, this features focuses more on performance improvements than on referential integrityyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACID infoStrict serializable isolationno
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.nononoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardWindows-Profilesimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)rights management via user accounts
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Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDBDataFSFileMakerGoogle Cloud SpannerKdb
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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