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System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud TSDB vs. DataFS vs. EDB Postgres vs. Prometheus vs. TimescaleDB

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NameAlibaba Cloud TSDB  Xexclude from comparisonDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonEDB Postgres  Xexclude from comparisonPrometheus  Xexclude from comparisonTimescaleDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA stable, reliable, and cost-effective online high-performance time series database serviceAll data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.The EDB Postgres Platform is an enterprise-class data management platform based on the open source database PostgreSQL with flexible deployment options and Oracle compatibility features, complemented by tool kits for management, integration, and migration.Open-source Time Series DBMS and monitoring systemA time series DBMS optimized for fast ingest and complex queries, based on PostgreSQL
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.24
Rank#306  Overall
#26  Time Series DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#354  Overall
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Score1.90
Rank#135  Overall
#63  Relational DBMS
Score8.42
Rank#47  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
Score4.64
Rank#71  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­hitsdbnewdatabase.comwww.enterprisedb.comprometheus.iowww.timescale.com
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­time-series-database/­latest/­what-is-tsdbdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspwww.enterprisedb.com/­docsprometheus.io/­docsdocs.timescale.com
DeveloperAlibabaMobiland AGEnterpriseDBTimescale
Initial release2018200520152017
Current release1.1.263, October 202214, December 20212.15.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infoBSD for PostgreSQL-componentsOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageCGoC
Server operating systemshostedWindowsLinux
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)yesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateNumeric data and StringsyesyesNumeric data onlynumerics, strings, booleans, arrays, JSON blobs, geospatial dimensions, currencies, binary data, other complex data types
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.nonoyes infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.no infoImport of XML data possibleyes
Secondary indexesnonoyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes infostandard with numerous extensionsnoyes infofull PostgreSQL SQL syntax
APIs and other access methodsHTTP REST.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
.Net
C++
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java infoJDBC
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.nouser defined functions, PL/pgSQL, PL/Tcl, PL/Perl, PL/Python, PL/Java, PL/PHP, PL/R, PL/Ruby, PL/Scheme, PL/Unix shell
Triggersnono, except callback-events from server when changes happenedyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesProprietary Sharding systemhorizontal partitioning infoby hash, list or rangeShardingyes, across time and space (hash partitioning) attributes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyes infoby FederationSource-replica replication with hot standby and reads on replicas info
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
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.nonononono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess managed on TSDB instance levelWindows-Profilefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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