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DBMS > Alibaba Cloud MaxCompute vs. Datastax Enterprise vs. GreptimeDB vs. IBM Db2 warehouse vs. SQream DB

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud MaxCompute vs. Datastax Enterprise vs. GreptimeDB vs. IBM Db2 warehouse vs. SQream DB

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NameAlibaba Cloud MaxCompute  Xexclude from comparisonDatastax Enterprise  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDB  Xexclude from comparisonSQream DB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMaxCompute (previously known as ODPS) is a general purpose, fully managed, multi-tenancy data processing platform for large-scale data warehousingDataStax Enterprise (DSE) is the always-on, scalable data platform built on Apache Cassandra and designed for hybrid Cloud. DSE integrates graph, search, analytics, administration, developer tooling, and monitoring into a unified platform.An open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyCloud-based data warehousing servicea GPU-based, columnar RDBMS for big data analytics workloads
Primary database modelRelational DBMS infoa graph-processing framework is available with the graphs being stored in tablesWide column storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.85
Rank#203  Overall
#96  Relational DBMS
Score4.82
Rank#65  Overall
#4  Wide column stores
Score0.09
Rank#343  Overall
#31  Time Series DBMS
Score1.26
Rank#162  Overall
#73  Relational DBMS
Score0.62
Rank#234  Overall
#109  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­maxcomputewww.datastax.com/­products/­datastax-enterprisegreptime.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2/­warehousesqream.com
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­maxcomputedocs.datastax.comdocs.greptime.comdocs.sqream.com
DeveloperAlibabaDataStaxGreptime Inc.IBMSQream Technologies
Initial release20162011202220142017
Current release6.8, April 20202022.1.6, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaRustC++, CUDA, Haskell, Java, Scala
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
hostedLinux
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes, ANSI Standard SQL Types
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.nononono infoImport/export of XML data possible
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL); Spark SQLyesyesyes
APIs and other access methodsFluentd
Flume
MaxCompute Console
Proprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language)
TinkerPop Gremlin infowith DSE Graph
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaC
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions infoin JavanoPythonPL/SQL, SQL PLuser defined functions in Python
Triggersnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSharding infono "single point of failure"ShardingShardinghorizontal and vertical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceconfigurable replication factor, datacenter aware, advanced replication for edge computingyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Tunable Consistency infoconsistency level can be individually decided with each write operation
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACIDACID
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.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesAccess rights for users can be defined per objectSimple rights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
Alibaba Cloud MaxComputeDatastax EnterpriseGreptimeDBIBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDBSQream DB
Specific characteristicsDataStax Enterprise is scale-out data infrastructure for enterprises that need to...
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GreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Competitive advantagesSupporting the following application requirements: Zero downtime - Built on Apache...
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- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Typical application scenariosApplications that must be massively and linearly scalable with 100% uptime and able...
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For IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Key customersCapital One, Cisco, Comcast, eBay, McDonald's, Microsoft, Safeway, Sony, UBS, and...
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Greptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Market metricsAmong the Forbes 100 Most Innovative Companies, DataStax is trusted by 5 of the top...
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GreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Licensing and pricing modelsAnnual subscription
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GreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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