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DBMS > Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. Derby vs. FileMaker vs. Google Cloud Spanner vs. ReductStore

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. Derby vs. FileMaker vs. Google Cloud Spanner vs. ReductStore

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDB  Xexclude from comparisonDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Spanner  Xexclude from comparisonReductStore  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn online MPP (Massively Parallel Processing) data warehousing service based on GreenplumFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.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.Designed to manage unstructured time-series data efficiently, providing unique features such as storing time-stamped blobs with labels, customizable data retention policies, and a straightforward FIFO quota system.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score0.76
Rank#220  Overall
#102  Relational DBMS
Score4.60
Rank#70  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score2.84
Rank#100  Overall
#51  Relational DBMS
Score0.05
Rank#384  Overall
#44  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­hybriddb-postgresqldb.apache.org/­derbywww.claris.com/­filemakercloud.google.com/­spannergithub.com/­reductstore
www.reduct.store
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­analyticdb-for-postgresql/­latest/­product-introduction-overviewdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationcloud.google.com/­spanner/­docswww.reduct.store/­docs
DeveloperAlibaba / Pivotal Software Inc. / PostgreSQL Global Development GroupApache Software FoundationClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleGoogleReductStore LLC
Initial release20161997198320172023
Current release10.17.1.0, November 202319.4.1, November 20211.9, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialcommercialOpen Source infoBusiness Source License 1.1
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaC++, Rust
Server operating systemshostedAll OS with a Java VMiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedDocker
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.yesyesyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesyes infovia pluginsyes infoQuery statements complying to ANSI 2011
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBCFilemaker 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
Supported programming languagesC
Java
Perl
Python
R
JavaPHPGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesJava Stored Proceduresyesno
Triggersyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenonenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Multi-source replication with 3 replicas for regional instances.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes infousing Google Cloud Dataflow
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyes infoby using interleaved tables, this features focuses more on performance improvements than on referential integrity
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACID infoStrict serializable isolation
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
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-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardsimple 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)

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