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System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud PolarDB vs. Amazon CloudSearch vs. EsgynDB vs. GeoSpock vs. Speedb

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NameAlibaba Cloud PolarDB  Xexclude from comparisonAmazon CloudSearch  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonSpeedb  Xexclude from comparison
GeoSpock seems to be discontinued. Therefore it will be excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionA cloud-native relational database compatible with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle. Designed for business critical applications.A hosted search engine service by Amazon with the data stored in Amazons cloudEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionSpatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scaleAn embeddable, high performance key-value store optimized for write-intensive workloads, which can be used as a drop-in replacement for RocksDB
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSearch engineRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.66
Rank#235  Overall
#108  Relational DBMS
Score1.81
Rank#137  Overall
#12  Search engines
Score0.25
Rank#312  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Score0.26
Rank#310  Overall
#45  Key-value stores
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­polardbaws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchwww.esgyn.cngeospock.comwww.speedb.io
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­polardb/­product-overviewdocs.aws.amazon.com/­cloudsearch
DeveloperAlibabaAmazonEsgynGeoSpockSpeedb
Initial release201220152020
Current release2.0, September 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0; commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesyesnoyesno
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Implementation languageC++, JavaJava, JavascriptC++
Server operating systemshostedhostedLinuxhostedLinux
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesno
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyes infoall search fields are automatically indexedyestemporal, categoricalno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyesANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)no
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetC
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoJava Stored Proceduresnono
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyes infoautomatic partitioning across Amazon Search Instance as requiredShardingAutomatic shardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyes infomanaged transparently by AWSMulti-source replication between multi datacentersyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDnoyes
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.yesnonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardauthentication via encrypted signaturesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users can be defined per tableno
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Alibaba Cloud PolarDBAmazon CloudSearchEsgynDBGeoSpockSpeedb
Specific characteristicsPolarDB, previously ApsaraDB for PolarDB, is a cloud-native relational database designed...
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Speedb is an embedded key-value storage engine for versatile use cases. It was designed...
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Competitive advantagesWebinar: Top Scientists Live: Tech Secrets to Double 11's Success Revealed. White...
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Speedb Open-source rebases on RocksDB's latest versions, with enhanced capabilities...
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Typical application scenariosCreating a Robust Cloud-Based Database for Fintech, E-Commerce and Gaming. Learn...
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Licensing and pricing modelsSpecification and pricing. You can use either of the following billing methods to...
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Open source - Speedb OSS is released under an Apache license and can be found on...
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