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DBMS > Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. GeoMesa vs. GridDB vs. Realm vs. SpaceTime

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. GeoMesa vs. GridDB vs. Realm vs. SpaceTime

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn online MPP (Massively Parallel Processing) data warehousing service based on GreenplumGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Scalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument storeSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.68
Rank#231  Overall
#105  Relational DBMS
Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score1.95
Rank#128  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­hybriddb-postgresqlwww.geomesa.orggriddb.netrealm.iowww.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­analyticdb-for-postgresql/­latest/­product-introduction-overviewwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmldocs.griddb.netrealm.io/­docs
DeveloperAlibaba / Pivotal Software Inc. / PostgreSQL Global Development GroupCCRi and othersToshiba CorporationRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019Mireo
Initial release20162014201320142020
Current release4.0.5, February 20245.1, August 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availableOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageScalaC++C++
Server operating systemshostedLinuxAndroid
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampyesyes
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.yesnononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)noA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
Perl
Python
R
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonono inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryno
Triggersyesnoyesyes infoChange Listenersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicedepending on storage layerShardingnoneFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicedepending on storage layerSource-replica replicationnoneReal-time block device replication (DRBD)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencydepending on storage layerImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACID at container levelACIDno
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.nodepending on storage layeryesyes infoIn-Memory realmno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseyesyes
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Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDBGeoMesaGridDBRealmSpaceTime
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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