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System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud PolarDB vs. GreptimeDB vs. NCache vs. PostgreSQL vs. TempoIQ

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NameAlibaba Cloud PolarDB  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonPostgreSQL  Xexclude from comparisonTempoIQ infoformerly TempoDB  Xexclude from comparison
TempoIQ seems to be decommissioned. It will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionA cloud-native relational database compatible with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle. Designed for business critical applications.An open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreWidely used open source RDBMS infoDeveloped as objectoriented DBMS (Postgres), gradually enhanced with 'standards' like SQLScalable analytics DBMS for sensor data, provided as a service (SaaS)
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMS infowith object oriented extensions, e.g.: user defined types/functions and inheritance. Handling of key/value pairs with hstore module.Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Document store
Graph DBMS infowith Apache Age
Spatial DBMS
Vector DBMS infowith pgvector extension
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.59
Rank#241  Overall
#110  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#352  Overall
#33  Time Series DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score645.54
Rank#4  Overall
#4  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­polardbgreptime.comwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.postgresql.orgtempoiq.com (offline)
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­polardb/­product-overviewdocs.greptime.comwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docswww.postgresql.org/­docs
DeveloperAlibabaGreptime Inc.AlachisoftPostgreSQL Global Development Group infowww.postgresql.org/­developerTempoIQ
Initial release202220051989 info1989: Postgres, 1996: PostgreSQL2012
Current release5.3.3, April 202416.3, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoBSDcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononoyes
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Implementation languageRustC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC
Server operating systemshostedAndroid
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Windows
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
NetBSD
OpenBSD
OS X
Solaris
Unix
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryesyes
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.yesnonoyes infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.no
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.yes infostandard with numerous extensionsno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java infoJDBC
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
C#
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesPythonno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRuser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.no
Triggersyesyes infoNotificationsyesyes infoRealtime Alerts
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceShardingyespartitioning by range, list and (since PostgreSQL 11) by hash
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyes, with selectable consistency levelSource-replica replication infoother methods possible by using 3rd party extensions
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACIDno
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.yesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardSimple rights management via user accountsAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardsimple authentication-based access control
More information provided by the system vendor
Alibaba Cloud PolarDBGreptimeDBNCachePostgreSQLTempoIQ infoformerly TempoDB
Specific characteristicsPolarDB, previously ApsaraDB for PolarDB, is a cloud-native relational database designed...
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GreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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NCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantagesWebinar: Top Scientists Live: Tech Secrets to Double 11's Success Revealed. White...
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- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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NCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenariosCreating a Robust Cloud-Based Database for Fintech, E-Commerce and Gaming. Learn...
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For IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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NCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Bank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Market Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Licensing and pricing modelsSpecification and pricing. You can use either of the following billing methods to...
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GreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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NCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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