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DBMS > Alibaba Cloud Table Store vs. Apache Kylin vs. CockroachDB vs. eXtremeDB vs. Hive

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud Table Store vs. Apache Kylin vs. CockroachDB vs. eXtremeDB vs. Hive

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NameAlibaba Cloud Table Store  Xexclude from comparisonApache Kylin  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonHive  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA fully managed Wide Column Store for large quantities of semi-structured data with real-time accessA distributed analytics engine for big data, providing a SQL interface and multi-dimensional analysis (OLAP) and leveraging the Hadoop stackCockroachDB is a distributed database architected for modern cloud applications. It is wire compatible with PostgreSQL and backed by a Key-Value Store, which is either RocksDB or a purpose-built derivative, called Pebble.Natively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringdata warehouse software for querying and managing large distributed datasets, built on Hadoop
Primary database modelWide column storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score0.26
Rank#301  Overall
#12  Wide column stores
Score1.18
Rank#172  Overall
#79  Relational DBMS
Score6.15
Rank#55  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#223  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score61.17
Rank#18  Overall
#12  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­table-storekylin.apache.orgwww.cockroachlabs.comwww.mcobject.comhive.apache.org
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­tablestorekylin.apache.org/­docswww.cockroachlabs.com/­docswww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmcwiki.apache.org/­confluence/­display/­Hive/­Home
DeveloperAlibabaApache Software Foundation, originally contributed from eBay IncCockroach LabsMcObjectApache Software Foundation infoinitially developed by Facebook
Initial release20162015201520012012
Current release3.1.0, July 202023.1.1, May 20238.2, 20213.1.3, April 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageJavaGoC and C++Java
Server operating systemshostedLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VM
Data schemeschema-freeyesdynamic schemayesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.nononono infosupport of XML interfaces available
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoANSI SQL for queries (using Apache Calcite)yes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLSQL-like DML and DDL statements
APIs and other access methodsHTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Thrift
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyesyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduce
Triggersnonoyes infoby defining eventsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicehorizontal partitioning (by key range) infoall tables are translated to an ordered KV store and then broken down into 64MB ranges, which are then used as replicas in RAFThorizontal partitioning / shardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceMulti-source replication using RAFTActive Replication Fabric™ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonoyes infoquery execution via MapReduce
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic single-row operationsACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyes
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.nononoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights based on subaccounts and tokensRole-based access controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles
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Specific characteristicseXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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Competitive advantageseXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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Typical application scenariosIoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
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Key customersSchneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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Market metricsWith hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
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Licensing and pricing modelsFor server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
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