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DBMS > Alibaba Cloud PolarDB vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. HarperDB vs. PostGIS vs. SWC-DB

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud PolarDB vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. HarperDB vs. PostGIS vs. SWC-DB

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NameAlibaba Cloud PolarDB  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  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 networksUltra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.Spatial extension of PostgreSQLA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Document storeSpatial DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.66
Rank#235  Overall
#108  Relational DBMS
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#364  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­polardbatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorywww.harperdb.iopostgis.netgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­polardb/­product-overviewdocs.harperdb.io/­docspostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperAlibabaAtos Convergence CreatorsHarperDBAlex Kashirin
Initial release2016201720052020
Current release17033.1, August 20213.4.2, February 20240.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageJavaNode.jsCC++
Server operating systemshostedLinuxLinux
OS X
Linux
Data schemeyesSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsdynamic schemayesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptionalyes infoJSON data typesyes
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.yesyesnoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoSQL-like data manipulation statementsyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
LDAPJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
All languages with LDAP bindings.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1user defined functionsno
Triggersyesyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSharding infocell divisionA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusteryes infobased on PostgreSQLSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyesyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsAtomic execution of specific operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, using LMDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardLDAP bind authenticationAccess rights for users and rolesyes infobased on PostgreSQL
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