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System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud PolarDB vs. GBase vs. TDengine

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NameAlibaba Cloud PolarDB  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonTDengine  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA cloud-native relational database compatible with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle. Designed for business critical applications.Widely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.Time Series DBMS and big data platform
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.29
Rank#161  Overall
#73  Relational DBMS
Score1.17
Rank#169  Overall
#77  Relational DBMS
Score2.11
Rank#115  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­polardbwww.gbase.cngithub.com/­taosdata/­TDengine
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Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­polardb/­product-overviewdocs.tdengine.com
DeveloperAlibabaGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.TDEngine, previously Taos Data
Initial release20042019
Current releaseGBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c3.0, August 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoAGPL V3, also commercial editions available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC, Java, PythonC
Server operating systemshostedLinuxLinux
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.yesyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesStandard with numerous extensionsStandard SQL with extensions for time-series applications
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
C#C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsno
Triggersyesyesyes, via alarm monitoring
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicehorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesyes
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Alibaba Cloud PolarDBGBaseTDengine
Specific characteristicsPolarDB, previously ApsaraDB for PolarDB, is a cloud-native relational database designed...
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TDengine™ is a time-series database designed to help traditional industries overcome...
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Competitive advantagesWebinar: Top Scientists Live: Tech Secrets to Double 11's Success Revealed. White...
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High Performance at Any Scale: With its distributed scalable architecture that grows...
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Typical application scenariosCreating a Robust Cloud-Based Database for Fintech, E-Commerce and Gaming. Learn...
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TDengine is purpose-built for Industry 4.0 and the Industrial IoT (IIoT) and particularly...
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Market metricsTDengine has garnered over 23,000 stars on GitHub and is used in over 50 countries...
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Licensing and pricing modelsSpecification and pricing. You can use either of the following billing methods to...
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TDengine OSS is free, open-source software released under the AGPLv3. TDengine Enterprise...
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