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DBMS > Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. FoundationDB vs. GridDB vs. OrigoDB vs. TerarkDB

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. FoundationDB vs. GridDB vs. OrigoDB vs. TerarkDB

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDB  Xexclude from comparisonFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  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Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market.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 GreenplumOrdered key-value store. Core features are complimented by layers.Scalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDB
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Time Series DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.62
Rank#241  Overall
#110  Relational DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#188  Overall
#31  Document stores
#28  Key-value stores
#86  Relational DBMS
Score2.02
Rank#132  Overall
#11  Time Series DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#378  Overall
#51  Document stores
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#377  Overall
#58  Key-value stores
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­hybriddb-postgresqlgithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbgriddb.netorigodb.comgithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­analyticdb-for-postgresql/­latest/­product-introduction-overviewapple.github.io/­foundationdbdocs.griddb.netorigodb.com/­docsbytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
DeveloperAlibaba / Pivotal Software Inc. / PostgreSQL Global Development GroupFoundationDBToshiba CorporationRobert Friberg et alByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release2016201320132009 infounder the name LiveDB2016
Current release6.2.28, November 20205.1, August 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availableOpen Sourcecommercial inforestricted open source version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageC++C++C#C++
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free infosome layers support schemasyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesno infosome layers support typingyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampUser defined using .NET types and collectionsno
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.yesnono infocan be achieved using .NETno
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyessupported in specific SQL layer onlySQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)nono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
C++ API
Java API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
Perl
Python
R
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.NetC++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesin SQL-layer onlynoyesno
Triggersyesnoyesyes infoDomain Eventsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceShardingShardinghorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizednone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyLinearizable consistencyImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containers
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesin SQL-layer onlynodepending on modelno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID at container levelACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoWrite ahead logyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseRole based authorizationno
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Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDBFoundationDBGridDBOrigoDBTerarkDB
Specific characteristicsGridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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Competitive advantages1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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Typical application scenariosFactory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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Key customersDenso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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Market metricsGitHub trending repository
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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