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DBMS > Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. Databricks vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. IBM Db2 vs. RisingWave

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. Databricks vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. IBM Db2 vs. RisingWave

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDB  Xexclude from comparisonDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2  Xexclude from comparisonRisingWave  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn online MPP (Massively Parallel Processing) data warehousing service based on GreenplumThe Databricks Lakehouse Platform combines elements of data lakes and data warehouses to provide a unified view onto structured and unstructured data. It is based on Apache Spark.Cloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.Common in IBM host environments, 2 different versions for host and Windows/LinuxA distributed RDBMS for stream processing, wire-compatible with PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document storeRelational DBMS infoSince Version 10.5 support for JSON/BSON documents compatible with MongoDBRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store infoin Db2 LUW (Linux, Unix, Windows)
Spatial DBMS infowith Db2 Spatial Extender
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.76
Rank#220  Overall
#102  Relational DBMS
Score81.08
Rank#15  Overall
#2  Document stores
#10  Relational DBMS
Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score125.90
Rank#9  Overall
#6  Relational DBMS
Score0.64
Rank#238  Overall
#110  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­hybriddb-postgresqlwww.databricks.comfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.ibm.com/­products/­db2www.risingwave.com/­database
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­analyticdb-for-postgresql/­latest/­product-introduction-overviewdocs.databricks.comfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasewww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2docs.risingwave.com/­docs/­current/­intro
DeveloperAlibaba / Pivotal Software Inc. / PostgreSQL Global Development GroupDatabricksGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014IBMRisingWave Labs
Initial release2016201320121983 infohost version2022
Current release12.1, October 20161.2, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercial infofree version is availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesyesyesnono
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Implementation languageC and C++Rust
Server operating systemshostedhostedhostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
Docker
Linux
macOS
Data schemeyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)schema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesStandard SQL-types and JSON
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.yesyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyeswith Databricks SQLnoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
JSON style queries infoMongoDB compatible
ODBC
XQuery
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languagesC
Java
Perl
Python
R
Python
R
Scala
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
C
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Visual Basic
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functions and aggregateslimited functionality with using 'rules'yesUDFs in Python or Java
TriggersyesCallbacks are triggered when data changesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSharding infoonly with Windows/Unix/Linux Version
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyesyes infowith separate tools (MQ, InfoSphere)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDyesACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes, based on authentication and database rulesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers and Roles
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Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDBDatabricksFirebase Realtime DatabaseIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2RisingWave
Specific characteristicsSupported database models : In addition to the Document store and Relational DBMS...
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