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DBMS > Alibaba Cloud ApsaraDB for PolarDB vs. Apache Drill vs. Rockset vs. SpaceTime vs. Transbase

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud ApsaraDB for PolarDB vs. Apache Drill vs. Rockset vs. SpaceTime vs. Transbase

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NameAlibaba Cloud ApsaraDB for PolarDB  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparisonTransbase  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA cloud-native relational database compatible with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle. Designed for business critical applications.Schema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.A resource-optimized, high-performance, universally applicable RDBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document storeSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
Relational DBMS
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Score0.49
Rank#266  Overall
#123  Relational DBMS
Score2.58
Rank#118  Overall
#23  Document stores
#56  Relational DBMS
Score1.01
Rank#201  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.00
Rank#394  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Score0.20
Rank#327  Overall
#144  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­polardbdrill.apache.orgrockset.comwww.mireo.com/­spacetimewww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase.html
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­polardb/­product-overviewdrill.apache.org/­docsdocs.rockset.comwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase/­features.html
DeveloperAlibabaApache Software FoundationRocksetMireoTransaction Software GmbH
Initial release2012201920201987
Current release1.20.3, January 2023Transbase 8.3, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercialcommercial infofree development license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnoyesnono
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Implementation languageC++C++C and C++
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinuxFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesdynamic typingyesyes
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 infoingestion from XML files supportednono
Secondary indexesyesnoall fields are automatically indexednoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsA subset of ANSI SQL is implementedyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP RESTRESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
C++Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
C++
Python
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsnonoyes
Triggersyesnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceShardingAutomatic shardingFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyesReal-time block device replication (DRBD)Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnononoyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesDepending on the underlying data sourcenono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardDepending on the underlying data sourceAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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