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DBMS > Alibaba Cloud MaxCompute vs. Apache Doris vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. QuestDB vs. Realm

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud MaxCompute vs. Apache Doris vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. QuestDB vs. Realm

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NameAlibaba Cloud MaxCompute  Xexclude from comparisonApache Doris  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMaxCompute (previously known as ODPS) is a general purpose, fully managed, multi-tenancy data processing platform for large-scale data warehousingAn MPP-based analytics DBMS embracing the MySQL protocolGoogle's NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.A high performance open source SQL database for time series dataA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core Data
Primary database modelRelational DBMS infoa graph-processing framework is available with the graphs being stored in tablesRelational DBMSKey-value store
Wide column store
Time Series DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.85
Rank#203  Overall
#96  Relational DBMS
Score0.61
Rank#235  Overall
#110  Relational DBMS
Score2.97
Rank#92  Overall
#15  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score2.81
Rank#98  Overall
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score7.18
Rank#52  Overall
#8  Document stores
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­maxcomputedoris.apache.org
github.com/­apache/­doris
cloud.google.com/­bigtablequestdb.iorealm.io
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­maxcomputegithub.com/­apache/­doris/­wikicloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docsquestdb.io/­docsrealm.io/­docs
DeveloperAlibabaApache Software Foundation, originally contributed from BaiduGoogleQuestDB Technology IncRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019
Initial release20162017201520142014
Current release1.2.2, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaJava (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemshostedLinuxhostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnoyesnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageyesnoSQL with time-series extensionsno
APIs and other access methodsFluentd
Flume
MaxCompute Console
JDBC
MySQL client
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languagesJavaJavaC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions infoin Javauser defined functionsnonono inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary
Triggersnonononoyes infoChange Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicehorizontal partitioningShardinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)none
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenoneInternal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zonesSource-replica replication with eventual consistencynone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoAtomic single-row operationsACID for single-table writesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.nononoyes infothrough memory mapped filesyes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)yes
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