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DBMS > Alibaba Cloud PolarDB vs. Kinetica vs. ObjectBox vs. Valentina Server

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud PolarDB vs. Kinetica vs. ObjectBox vs. Valentina Server

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NameAlibaba Cloud PolarDB  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA cloud-native relational database compatible with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle. Designed for business critical applications.Fully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsObject-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.82
Rank#205  Overall
#97  Relational DBMS
Score0.42
Rank#261  Overall
#120  Relational DBMS
Score1.08
Rank#179  Overall
#6  Object oriented DBMS
#9  Vector DBMS
Score0.18
Rank#313  Overall
#140  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­polardbwww.kinetica.comgithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
www.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­polardb/­product-overviewdocs.kinetica.comdocs.objectbox.iovalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
DeveloperAlibabaKineticaObjectBox LimitedParadigma Software
Initial release201220171999
Current release7.1, August 20214.0 (May 2024)5.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageC, C++C and C++
Server operating systemshostedLinuxAndroid
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes, plus "flex" map-like typesyes
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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Proprietary native APIODBC
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsnoyes
Triggersyesyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangenoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSource-replica replicationData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offline
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and roles on table levelyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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