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System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud PolarDB vs. Lovefield vs. PostGIS

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NameAlibaba Cloud PolarDB  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA cloud-native relational database compatible with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle. Designed for business critical applications.Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score0.66
Rank#235  Overall
#108  Relational DBMS
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­polardbgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldpostgis.net
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­polardb/­product-overviewgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdpostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperAlibabaGoogle
Initial release20142005
Current release2.1.12, February 20173.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC
Server operating systemshostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari
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.yesnoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnouser defined functions
TriggersyesUsing read-only observersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenoneyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenoneyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infousing MemoryDBno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoyes infobased on PostgreSQL
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