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System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. dBASE vs. Kdb vs. Spark SQL vs. STSdb

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDB  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn online MPP (Massively Parallel Processing) data warehousing service based on GreenplumdBase was one of the first databases with a development environment on PC's. Its latest version dBase V is still sold as dBase classic, which needs a DOS Emulation. The up-to-date product is dBase plus.High performance Time Series DBMSSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.68
Rank#231  Overall
#105  Relational DBMS
Score10.34
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score18.96
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­hybriddb-postgresqlwww.dbase.comkx.comspark.apache.org/­sqlgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­analyticdb-for-postgresql/­latest/­product-introduction-overviewwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasecode.kx.comspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.html
DeveloperAlibaba / Pivotal Software Inc. / PostgreSQL Global Development GroupAsthon TateKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcApache Software FoundationSTS Soft SC
Initial release201619792000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320142011
Current releasedBASE 2019, 20193.6, May 20183.5.0 ( 2.13), September 20234.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageqScalaC#
Server operating systemshostedDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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.yesyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'nono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoSQL-like query language (q)SQL-like DML and DDL statementsno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
none infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
Perl
Python
R
dBase proprietary IDEC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
Java
Python
R
Scala
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.user defined functionsnono
Triggersyesnoyes infowith viewsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenonehorizontal partitioningyes, utilizing Spark Corenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenoneSource-replica replicationnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSnonono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and rolesrights management via user accountsnono
More information provided by the system vendor
Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDBdBASEKdbSpark SQLSTSdb
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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