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DBMS > Alibaba Cloud Table Store vs. etcd vs. eXtremeDB vs. GreptimeDB vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud Table Store vs. etcd vs. eXtremeDB vs. GreptimeDB vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database

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NameAlibaba Cloud Table Store  Xexclude from comparisonetcd  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA fully managed Wide Column Store for large quantities of semi-structured data with real-time accessA distributed reliable key-value storeNatively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL Server
Primary database modelWide column storeKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.31
Rank#297  Overall
#11  Wide column stores
Score7.03
Rank#54  Overall
#5  Key-value stores
Score0.80
Rank#214  Overall
#99  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#351  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score76.78
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­table-storeetcd.io
github.com/­etcd-io/­etcd
www.mcobject.comgreptime.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­database
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­tablestoreetcd.io/­docs
github.com/­etcd-io/­etcd/­tree/­master/­Documentation
www.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmdocs.greptime.comdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sql
DeveloperAlibabaMcObjectGreptime Inc.Microsoft
Initial release2016200120222010
Current release3.4, August 20198.2, 2021V12
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononoyes
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageGoC and C++RustC++
Server operating systemshostedFreeBSD
Linux
Windows infoexperimental
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
hosted
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes
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.nonono infosupport of XML interfaces availablenoyes
Secondary indexesnonoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLyesyes
APIs and other access methodsHTTP APIgRPC
JSON over HTTP
.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Tcl
.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyesPythonTransact SQL
Triggersnoyes, watching key changesyes infoby defining eventsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicehorizontal partitioning / shardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceUsing Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.Active Replication Fabricâ„¢ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
yes, with always 3 replicas available
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic single-row operationsnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyesyes
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.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights based on subaccounts and tokensnoSimple rights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Alibaba Cloud Table StoreetcdeXtremeDBGreptimeDBMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure
Specific characteristicseXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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GreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Competitive advantageseXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Typical application scenariosIoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
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For IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Key customersSchneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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Greptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Market metricsWith hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
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GreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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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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GreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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