DBMS > Alibaba Cloud ApsaraDB for PolarDB vs. BigObject vs. Google Cloud Bigtable

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud ApsaraDB for PolarDB vs. BigObject vs. Google Cloud Bigtable

Please select another system to include it in the comparison.

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines

Name

Description

A cloud-native relational database compatible with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle. Designed for business critical applications.

Analytic DBMS for real-time computations and queries

Google's NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.

Primary database model

Relational DBMS

a hierachical model (tree) can be imposed

Key-value store
Wide column store

DB-Engines Ranking measures the popularity of database management systems
Trend Chart

Score	0.45
Rank	#245	Overall
	#118	Relational DBMS

Score	0.04
Rank	#338	Overall
	#151	Relational DBMS

Score	4.49
Rank	#84	Overall
	#14	Key-value stores
	#6	Wide column stores

Website

www.alibabacloud.com/product/polardb

bigobject.io

cloud.google.com/bigtable

Technical documentation

www.alibabacloud.com/help/doc-detail/58764.htm

docs.bigobject.io

cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs

Developer

Alibaba

BigObject, Inc.

Google

Initial release

2015

License

Commercial or Open Source

commercial

free community edition available

commercial

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

yes

DBaaS offerings (sponsored links)

Database as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.

Server operating systems

hosted

Linux

distributed as a docker-image
OS X

distributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows

distributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)

hosted

Data scheme

yes

schema-free

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

yes

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

SQL-like DML and DDL statements

APIs and other access methods

JDBC
ODBC

fluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API

gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)

Supported programming languages

Java
Python

C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes

Lua

Triggers

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

Sharding

Implicit feature of the cloud service

none

Sharding

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

yes

Implicit feature of the cloud service

none

Internal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zones

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

yes

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

none

Immediate consistency (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

automatically between fact table and dimension tables

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

Atomic single-row operations

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Read/write lock on objects (tables, trees)

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

User concepts

Access control

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

Access rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)

More information provided by the system vendor

Specific characteristics

ApsaraDB for PolarDB is a cloud-native relational database 100% compatible with MySQL...
» more

Competitive advantages

Webinar: Top Scientists Live: Tech Secrets to Double 11's Success Revealed. White...
» more

Typical application scenarios

Creating a Robust Cloud-Based Database for Fintech, E-Commerce and Gaming. Learn...
» more

Licensing and pricing models

Specification and pricing. You can use either of the following billing methods to...
» more

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources

Recent citations in the news

Alibaba Cloud Doubles Database Products Revenue YoY with 150,000 Customers Worldwide
16 January 2022, Yahoo Finance

Alibaba Cloud vs AWS | Cloud Provider Comparison | ITBE
6 October 2021, IT Business Edge

An introduction to Alibaba cloud offerings
28 September 2020, TechTarget

provided by Google News

June Week 4
2 July 2022, iProgrammer

Google scales up Cloud Bigtable NoSQL database
27 January 2022, TechTarget

Top Big Data Storage Tools 2022
16 June 2022, IT Business Edge

Database as a Service Market – Major Technology Giants in Buzz Again – Designer Women
16 June 2022, Designer Women

Database as a Service Market Report Covers Future Trends With Research 2022 to 2029 – IBM, AWS, Oracle – Designer Women
29 June 2022, Designer Women

provided by Google News

Job opportunities

Data Engineer, Creator Studio, Music Mission
Spotify, New York, NY

DevOps Engineer
Maven Wave, Chicago, IL

Sr. Integration Engineer - Remote US
Rodan and Fields, LLC, Baltimore, MD

Sr. Integration Engineer - Remote US
Rodan and Fields, LLC, Philadelphia, PA

Senior Data Engineer, Personalization
Spotify, New York, NY

jobs by

Share this page