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DBMS > Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. Kdb vs. LevelDB vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. Sequoiadb

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. Kdb vs. LevelDB vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. Sequoiadb

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDB  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonLevelDB  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data Warehouse  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn online MPP (Massively Parallel Processing) data warehousing service based on GreenplumHigh performance Time Series DBMSEmbeddable fast key-value storage library that provides an ordered mapping from string keys to string valuesElastic, large scale data warehouse service leveraging the broad eco-system of SQL ServerNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Key-value storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.62
Rank#241  Overall
#110  Relational DBMS
Score7.70
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score2.75
Rank#107  Overall
#19  Key-value stores
Score22.71
Rank#30  Overall
#18  Relational DBMS
Score0.48
Rank#260  Overall
#41  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­hybriddb-postgresqlkx.comgithub.com/­google/­leveldbazure.microsoft.com/­services/­synapse-analyticswww.sequoiadb.com
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­analyticdb-for-postgresql/­latest/­product-introduction-overviewcode.kx.comgithub.com/­google/­leveldb/­blob/­main/­doc/­index.mddocs.microsoft.com/­azure/­synapse-analyticswww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=index
DeveloperAlibaba / Pivotal Software Inc. / PostgreSQL Global Development GroupKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcGoogleMicrosoftSequoiadb Ltd.
Initial release20162000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003201120162013
Current release3.6, May 20181.23, February 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoBSDcommercialOpen Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonoyesno
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Implementation languageqC++C++C++
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Illumos
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regex
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.yesyesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'noyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query language (q)noyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol using JSON
Supported programming languagesC
Java
Perl
Python
R
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C++
Go
Java info3rd party binding
JavaScript (Node.js) info3rd party binding
Python info3rd party binding
C#
Java
PHP
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsnoTransact SQLJavaScript
Triggersyesyes infowith viewsnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicehorizontal partitioningnoneSharding, horizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSource-replica replicationnoneyesSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono infodocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­synapse-analytics/­sql-data-warehouse/­sql-data-warehouse-table-constraintsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACIDDocument is locked during a transaction
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infowith automatic compression on writesyesyes
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-standardrights management via user accountsnoyessimple password-based access control
More information provided by the system vendor
Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDBKdbLevelDBMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data WarehouseSequoiadb
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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