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System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. EventStoreDB vs. FileMaker vs. FoundationDB vs. GBase

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDB  Xexclude from comparisonEventStoreDB  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparison
Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market. As a consequence, the product was removed from the DB-Engines ranking. In April 2018, Apple open-sourced FoundationDB and it therefore reappears in the ranking.
DescriptionAn online MPP (Massively Parallel Processing) data warehousing service based on GreenplumIndustrial-strength, open-source database solution built from the ground up for event sourcing.FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Ordered key-value store. Core features are complimented by layers.Widely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSEvent StoreRelational DBMSDocument store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.76
Rank#220  Overall
#102  Relational DBMS
Score1.19
Rank#173  Overall
#1  Event Stores
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score1.06
Rank#185  Overall
#31  Document stores
#28  Key-value stores
#85  Relational DBMS
Score1.05
Rank#186  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­hybriddb-postgresqlwww.eventstore.comwww.claris.com/­filemakergithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbwww.gbase.cn
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­analyticdb-for-postgresql/­latest/­product-introduction-overviewdevelopers.eventstore.comwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationapple.github.io/­foundationdb
DeveloperAlibaba / Pivotal Software Inc. / PostgreSQL Global Development GroupEvent Store LimitedClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleFoundationDBGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.
Initial release20162012198320132004
Current release21.2, February 202119.4.1, November 20216.2.28, November 2020GBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageC++C, Java, Python
Server operating systemshostedLinux
Windows
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesschema-free infosome layers support schemasyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesno infosome layers support typingyes
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.yesyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatyes
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyes infovia pluginssupported in specific SQL layer onlyStandard with numerous extensions
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
Java
Perl
Python
R
PHP.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
C#
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesin SQL-layer onlyuser defined functions
Triggersyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenoneShardinghorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyLinearizable consistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesin SQL-layer onlyyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID
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.no
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesnoyes

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