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DBMS > Alibaba Cloud PolarDB vs. GridDB vs. Hazelcast vs. LokiJS vs. Trafodion

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud PolarDB vs. GridDB vs. Hazelcast vs. LokiJS vs. Trafodion

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NameAlibaba Cloud PolarDB  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonHazelcast  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparison
Apache Trafodion has been retired in 2021. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionA cloud-native relational database compatible with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle. Designed for business critical applications.Scalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataA widely adopted in-memory data gridIn-memory JavaScript DBMSTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSKey-value storeDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Document store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12
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Score0.59
Rank#241  Overall
#110  Relational DBMS
Score1.95
Rank#128  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score5.97
Rank#57  Overall
#6  Key-value stores
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­polardbgriddb.nethazelcast.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJStrafodion.apache.org
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­polardb/­product-overviewdocs.griddb.nethazelcast.org/­imdg/­docstechfort.github.io/­LokiJStrafodion.apache.org/­documentation.html
DeveloperAlibabaToshiba CorporationHazelcastApache Software Foundation, originally developed by HP
Initial release2013200820142014
Current release5.1, August 20225.3.6, November 20232.3.0, February 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaJavaScriptC++, Java
Server operating systemshostedLinuxAll OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampyesnoyes
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 infothe object must implement a serialization strategynono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)SQL-like query languagenoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
JavaScriptAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyes infoEvent Listeners, Executor ServicesView functions in JavaScriptJava Stored Procedures
Triggersyesyesyes infoEventsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceShardingShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSource-replica replicationyes infoReplicated Mapnoneyes, via HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsyesyesyes infovia user defined functions and HBase
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus AlgorithmnoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID at container levelone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commitedno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.yesyesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseRole-based access controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Alibaba Cloud PolarDBGridDBHazelcastLokiJSTrafodion
Specific characteristicsPolarDB, previously ApsaraDB for PolarDB, is a cloud-native relational database designed...
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GridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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Competitive advantagesWebinar: Top Scientists Live: Tech Secrets to Double 11's Success Revealed. White...
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1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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Typical application scenariosCreating a Robust Cloud-Based Database for Fintech, E-Commerce and Gaming. Learn...
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Factory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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Key customersDenso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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Market metricsGitHub trending repository
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Licensing and pricing modelsSpecification and pricing. You can use either of the following billing methods to...
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Open Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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