DB-EnginesInfluxDB: Focus on building software with an easy-to-use serverless, scalable time series platformEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > Alibaba Cloud PolarDB vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. Newts vs. SAP Adaptive Server vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud PolarDB vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. Newts vs. SAP Adaptive Server vs. SwayDB

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameAlibaba Cloud PolarDB  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Adaptive Server infoformer name: Sybase ASE  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA cloud-native relational database compatible with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle. Designed for business critical applications.Cloud Firestore is an auto-scaling document database for storing, syncing, and querying data for mobile and web apps. It offers seamless integration with other Firebase and Google Cloud Platform products.Time Series DBMS based on CassandraThe SAP (Sybase) Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) is an enterprise-class RDBMSAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith Boeing's Spatial Query Server
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.59
Rank#241  Overall
#110  Relational DBMS
Score7.85
Rank#51  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score36.31
Rank#25  Overall
#17  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#382  Overall
#59  Key-value stores
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­polardbfirebase.google.com/­products/­firestoreopennms.github.io/­newtswww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-ase.htmlswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­polardb/­product-overviewfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestoregithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikihelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_ASE
DeveloperAlibabaGoogleOpenNMS GroupSAP, SybaseSimer Plaha
Initial release2017201419872018
Current release16.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesyesnonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageJavaC and C++Scala
Server operating systemshostedhostedLinux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Unix
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesno
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.yesnononono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnonoyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Android
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST
Java API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
JavaC
C++
Cobol
Java
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud FunctionsnoJava and Transact-SQLno
Triggersyesyes, with Cloud Functionsnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceShardingSharding infobased on Cassandrahorizontal partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceMulti-source replicationselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoUsing Cloud Dataflownonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyesnoACIDAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management. Security Rules for 3rd party authentication using Firebase Auth.nofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno
More information provided by the system vendor
Alibaba Cloud PolarDBGoogle Cloud FirestoreNewtsSAP Adaptive Server infoformer name: Sybase ASESwayDB
Specific characteristicsPolarDB, previously ApsaraDB for PolarDB, is a cloud-native relational database designed...
» more
Competitive advantagesWebinar: Top Scientists Live: Tech Secrets to Double 11's Success Revealed. White...
» more
Typical application scenariosCreating a Robust Cloud-Based Database for Fintech, E-Commerce and Gaming. Learn...
» more
Licensing and pricing modelsSpecification and pricing. You can use either of the following billing methods to...
» more

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
Alibaba Cloud PolarDBGoogle Cloud FirestoreNewtsSAP Adaptive Server infoformer name: Sybase ASESwayDB
DB-Engines blog posts

Cloud-based DBMS's popularity grows at high rates
12 December 2019, Paul Andlinger

show all

Recent citations in the news

Alibaba Cloud launches PolarDB database update - Chinadaily.com.cn
19 January 2024, China Daily

Chinese government blocks use of Intel, AMD chips in hardware
25 March 2024, TechRadar

Alibaba Cloud Named a Leader in Gartner(R) Magic Quadrant(TM) for Cloud Database Management Systems
8 February 2024, ryt9.com

Alibaba Rolls Own Distributed File System for Cloud Database Performance
21 August 2018, The Next Platform

Alibaba Cloud Further Facilitates Digital Transformation Acceleration across Asia in the Year of the Pandemic
27 January 2021, PR Newswire

provided by Google News

Google's AI-First Strategy Brings Vector Support To Cloud Databases
1 March 2024, Forbes

Realtime vs Cloud Firestore: Which Firebase Database to go?
8 March 2024, Appinventiv

Google's Cloud Firestore is now generally available
31 January 2019, ZDNet

Google launches Cloud Firestore, a new document database for app developers
3 October 2017, TechCrunch

Google's Cloud-Native NoSQL Database Cloud Firestore Is Now Generally Available
8 February 2019, InfoQ.com

provided by Google News

Achieve zero RPO for your SAP ASE (Sybase) databases with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP | Amazon Web Services
7 May 2024, AWS Blog

New Services for SAP HANA Cloud Database
7 April 2021, SAP News

Arcion Introduces SAP Sybase ASE Connector for Ultimate Migration Flexibility
5 January 2023, businesswire.com

Patch SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise now to avoid takeover risk
3 June 2020, BleepingComputer

Critical SAP ASE Flaws Allow Complete Control of Databases
3 June 2020, Threatpost

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

RaimaDB logo

RaimaDB, embedded database for mission-critical applications. When performance, footprint and reliability matters.
Try RaimaDB for free.

Milvus logo

Vector database designed for GenAI, fully equipped for enterprise implementation.
Try Managed Milvus for Free

AllegroGraph logo

Graph Database Leader for AI Knowledge Graph Applications - The Most Secure Graph Database Available.
Free Download

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

Present your product here