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System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud PolarDB vs. SurrealDB

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NameAlibaba Cloud PolarDB  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA cloud-native relational database compatible with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle. Designed for business critical applications.A fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
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Score1.26
Rank#158  Overall
#71  Relational DBMS
Score1.08
Rank#176  Overall
#30  Document stores
#16  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­polardbsurrealdb.com
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­polardb/­product-overviewsurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperAlibabaSurrealDB Ltd
Initial release2022
Current releasev1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesno
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Implementation languageRust
Server operating systemshostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes
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.yes
Secondary indexesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes
Triggersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes, based on authentication and database rules

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