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DBMS > Alibaba Cloud PolarDB vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. BigchainDB vs. CrateDB vs. SAP IQ

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud PolarDB vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. BigchainDB vs. CrateDB vs. SAP IQ

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NameAlibaba Cloud PolarDB  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonCrateDB  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparison
This system has been discontinued and will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionA cloud-native relational database compatible with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle. Designed for business critical applications.Highly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsDistributed Database based on LuceneColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analytics
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Document storeDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMS infocolumn-oriented
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.66
Rank#235  Overall
#108  Relational DBMS
Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.71
Rank#227  Overall
#37  Document stores
#5  Spatial DBMS
#16  Search engines
#19  Time Series DBMS
#9  Vector DBMS
Score2.64
Rank#108  Overall
#52  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­polardbatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorywww.bigchaindb.comcratedb.comwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.html
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­polardb/­product-overviewbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestcratedb.com/­docshelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQ
DeveloperAlibabaAtos Convergence CreatorsCrateSAP, formerly Sybase
Initial release2016201620131994
Current release170316.1 SPS04, April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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CrateDB Cloud: a distributed SQL database that spreads data and processing across an elastic cluster of shared nothing nodes. CrateDB Cloud enables data insights at scale on Microsoft Azure, AWS and Google Cloud Platform.
Implementation languageJavaPythonJava
Server operating systemshostedLinuxLinuxAll Operating Systems, including Kubernetes with CrateDB Kubernetes Operator supportAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptionalnoyesyes
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.yesyesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnonoyes, but no triggers and constraints, and PostgreSQL compatibilityyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
LDAPCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
All languages with LDAP bindingsGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
.NET
Erlang
Go infocommunity maintained client
Java
JavaScript (Node.js) infocommunity maintained client
Perl infocommunity maintained client
PHP
Python
R
Ruby infocommunity maintained client
Scala infocommunity maintained client
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnouser defined functions (Javascript)yes
Triggersyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSharding infocell divisionShardingShardingshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexer
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyesselectable replication factorConfigurable replication on table/partition-levelSAP/Sybase Replication Server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoHadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationEventual Consistency
Read-after-write consistency on record level
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsno infounique row identifiers can be used for implementing an optimistic concurrency control strategyACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardLDAP bind authenticationyesrights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Alibaba Cloud PolarDBAtos Standard Common RepositoryBigchainDBCrateDBSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ
Specific characteristicsPolarDB, previously ApsaraDB for PolarDB, is a cloud-native relational database designed...
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The enterprise database for time series, documents, and vectors. Distributed - Native...
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Competitive advantagesWebinar: Top Scientists Live: Tech Secrets to Double 11's Success Revealed. White...
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Response time in milliseconds: e ven for complex ad-hoc queries. Massive scaling...
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Typical application scenariosCreating a Robust Cloud-Based Database for Fintech, E-Commerce and Gaming. Learn...
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Key customersAcross all continents, CrateDB is used by companies of all sizes to meet the most...
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Market metricsThe CrateDB open source project was started in 2013 Honorable Mention in 2021 Gartner®...
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Licensing and pricing modelsSpecification and pricing. You can use either of the following billing methods to...
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