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DBMS > Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. GeoMesa vs. HarperDB vs. Pinecone

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. GeoMesa vs. HarperDB vs. Pinecone

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  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.Ultra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.A managed, cloud-native vector database
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSDocument storeVector DBMS
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Score0.76
Rank#220  Overall
#102  Relational DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score3.23
Rank#92  Overall
#2  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­hybriddb-postgresqlwww.geomesa.orgwww.harperdb.iowww.pinecone.io
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­analyticdb-for-postgresql/­latest/­product-introduction-overviewwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmldocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overview
DeveloperAlibaba / Pivotal Software Inc. / PostgreSQL Global Development GroupCCRi and othersHarperDBPinecone Systems, Inc
Initial release2016201420172019
Current release5.0.0, May 20243.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercial infofree community edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonoyes
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Implementation languageScalaNode.js
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
hosted
Data schemeyesyesdynamic schema
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoJSON data typesString, Number, Boolean
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoSQL-like data manipulation statementsno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
Perl
Python
R
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicedepending on storage layerA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a cluster
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicedepending on storage layeryes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be defined
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencydepending on storage layerImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoAtomic execution of specific operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, using LMDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nodepending on storage layeryesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageAccess rights for users and roles

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