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DBMS > Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. eXtremeDB vs. FatDB vs. Firebird vs. GreptimeDB

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. eXtremeDB vs. FatDB vs. Firebird vs. GreptimeDB

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDB  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonFatDB  Xexclude from comparisonFirebird  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparison
FatDB/FatCloud has ceased operations as a company with February 2014. FatDB is discontinued and excluded from the ranking.
DescriptionAn online MPP (Massively Parallel Processing) data warehousing service based on GreenplumNatively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringA .NET NoSQL DBMS that can integrate with and extend SQL Server.Firebird is an open source RDBMS forked from Borland's InterBaseAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiency
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document store
Key-value store
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.76
Rank#220  Overall
#102  Relational DBMS
Score0.80
Rank#214  Overall
#99  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score20.50
Rank#30  Overall
#18  Relational DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#351  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­hybriddb-postgresqlwww.mcobject.comwww.firebirdsql.orggreptime.com
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­analyticdb-for-postgresql/­latest/­product-introduction-overviewwww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmwww.firebirdsql.org/­en/­reference-manualsdocs.greptime.com
DeveloperAlibaba / Pivotal Software Inc. / PostgreSQL Global Development GroupMcObjectFatCloudFirebird FoundationGreptime Inc.
Initial release2016200120122000 infoAs fork of Borland's InterBase2022
Current release8.2, 20215.0.0, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoInitial Developer's Public LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC and C++C#C and C++Rust
Server operating systemshostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
WindowsAIX
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
server-less infoFirebird Embedded Server
Solaris
Unix
Windows
Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesschema-free, schema definition possible
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.yesno infosupport of XML interfaces availableno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLno infoVia inetgration in SQL Serveryesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
LINQ
RESTful HTTP API
RPC
Windows WCF Bindings
ADO.NET
C/C++ API
JDBC infoJaybird
ODBC
OLE DB
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
Supported programming languagesC
Java
Perl
Python
R
.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
C#C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesyes infovia applicationsPSQLPython
Triggersyesyes infoby defining eventsyes infovia applicationsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicehorizontal partitioning / shardingShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceActive Replication Fabric™ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
selectable replication factorSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyesyes infoFeatures a multi-generational MVCC architecture, readers do not block writersyes
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.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno infoCan implement custom security layer via applicationsUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptSimple rights management via user accounts
More information provided by the system vendor
Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDBeXtremeDBFatDBFirebirdGreptimeDB
Specific characteristicseXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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GreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Competitive advantageseXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Typical application scenariosIoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
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For IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Key customersSchneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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Greptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Market metricsWith hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
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GreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Licensing and pricing modelsFor server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
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GreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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