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System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud PolarDB vs. BigObject vs. Greenplum vs. LokiJS vs. PieCloudDB

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NameAlibaba Cloud PolarDB  Xexclude from comparisonBigObject  Xexclude from comparisonGreenplum  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonPieCloudDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA cloud-native relational database compatible with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle. Designed for business critical applications.Analytic DBMS for real-time computations and queriesAnalytic Database platform built on PostgreSQL. Full name is Pivotal Greenplum Database infoA logical database in Greenplum is an array of individual PostgreSQL databases working together to present a single database image.In-memory JavaScript DBMSA cloud-native analytic database platform with new technologoy for elastic MPP
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
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Score0.66
Rank#235  Overall
#108  Relational DBMS
Score0.19
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score8.08
Rank#48  Overall
#31  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.32
Rank#289  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­polardbbigobject.iogreenplum.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.openpie.com
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­polardb/­product-overviewdocs.bigobject.iodocs.greenplum.orgtechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperAlibabaBigObject, Inc.Pivotal Software Inc.OpenPie
Initial release201520052014
Current release7.0.0, September 20232.1, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononoyes
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Implementation languageJavaScript
Server operating systemshostedLinux infodistributed as a docker-image
OS X infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Linuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hosted
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes
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.yesnoyes infosince Version 4.2no
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
fluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
JavaScript APICLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
C
Java
Perl
Python
R
JavaScriptJava
PL/SQL
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesLuayesView functions in JavaScriptuser defined functions
Triggersyesnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenoneShardingnoneyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenoneSource-replica replicationnoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infoautomatically between fact table and dimension tablesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoUser Roles and pluggable authentication with full SQL Standard
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Alibaba Cloud PolarDBBigObjectGreenplumLokiJSPieCloudDB
Specific characteristicsPolarDB, previously ApsaraDB for PolarDB, is a cloud-native relational database designed...
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PieCloudDB, OpenPie's flagship product, is a cutting-edge cloud-native data warehouse....
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Competitive advantagesWebinar: Top Scientists Live: Tech Secrets to Double 11's Success Revealed. White...
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Extreme Elastic: PieCloudDB utilizes a cutting-edge eMPP cloud-native architecture...
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Typical application scenariosCreating a Robust Cloud-Based Database for Fintech, E-Commerce and Gaming. Learn...
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PieCloudDB is ideal for Data mining applications that require extreme scalability...
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Key customersSail-Cloud China Shipbuilding Group Haizhou System Soochow Securities ​etc.,
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Licensing and pricing modelsSpecification and pricing. You can use either of the following billing methods to...
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PieCloudDB Community Edition: Community License, Free Download, Self-Hosted Deployment;...
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