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DBMS > Alibaba Cloud PolarDB vs. Amazon CloudSearch vs. MaxDB vs. Vertica

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud PolarDB vs. Amazon CloudSearch vs. MaxDB vs. Vertica

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NameAlibaba Cloud PolarDB  Xexclude from comparisonAmazon CloudSearch  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™  Xexclude from comparison
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 cloudA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsCloud or off-cloud analytical database and query engine for structured and semi-structured streaming and batch data. Machine learning platform with built-in algorithms, data preparation capabilities, and model evaluation and management via SQL or Python.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSearch engineRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infoColumn oriented
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.59
Rank#241  Overall
#110  Relational DBMS
Score1.85
Rank#137  Overall
#12  Search engines
Score2.32
Rank#112  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score10.68
Rank#43  Overall
#27  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­polardbaws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchmaxdb.sap.comwww.vertica.com
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­polardb/­product-overviewdocs.aws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationvertica.com/­documentation
DeveloperAlibabaAmazonSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997OpenText infopreviously Micro Focus and Hewlett Packard
Initial release201219842005
Current release7.9.10.12, February 202412.0.3, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infoLimited community edition freecommercial infoLimited community edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesyesnono infoon-premises, all major clouds - Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and containers
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Implementation languageC++C++
Server operating systemshostedhostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesYes, but also semi-structure/unstructured data storage, and complex hierarchical data (like Parquet) stored and/or queried.
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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
Secondary indexesyesyes infoall search fields are automatically indexedyesNo Indexes Required. Different internal optimization strategy, but same functionality included.
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyesFull 1999 standard plus machine learning, time series and geospatial. Over 650 functions.
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
ADO.NET
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spark Connector
vSQL infocharacter-based, interactive, front-end utility
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyesyes, PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL, with minor differences
Triggersyesnoyesyes, called Custom Alerts
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyes infoautomatic partitioning across Amazon Search Instance as requirednonehorizontal partitioning, hierarchical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyes infomanaged transparently by AWSSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication infoOne, or more copies of data replicated across nodes, or object-store used for repository.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono infoBi-directional Spark integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardauthentication via encrypted signaturesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard; supports Kerberos, LDAP, Ident and hash
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Alibaba Cloud PolarDBAmazon CloudSearchMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-DVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™
Specific characteristicsPolarDB, previously ApsaraDB for PolarDB, is a cloud-native relational database designed...
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Competitive advantagesWebinar: Top Scientists Live: Tech Secrets to Double 11's Success Revealed. White...
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Fast, scalable, and capable of high concurrency. Separation of compute/storage leverages...
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Typical application scenariosCreating a Robust Cloud-Based Database for Fintech, E-Commerce and Gaming. Learn...
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Key customersAbiba Systems, Adform, adMarketplace, AmeriPride, Anritsu, AOL, Avito, Auckland Transport,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsSpecification and pricing. You can use either of the following billing methods to...
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Cost-based models and subscription-based models are both available. One license is...
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