DB-EnginesextremeDB - Data management wherever you need itEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by Redgate Software

DBMS > Alibaba Cloud Table Store vs. Hypertable vs. Kinetica vs. Sqrrl vs. TiDB

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud Table Store vs. Hypertable vs. Kinetica vs. Sqrrl vs. TiDB

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameAlibaba Cloud Table Store  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonSqrrl  Xexclude from comparisonTiDB  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking.Sqrrl has been acquired by Amazon and became a part of Amazon Web Services. It has been removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionA fully managed Wide Column Store for large quantities of semi-structured data with real-time accessAn open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopFully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsAdaptable, secure NoSQL built on Apache AccumuloTiDB is an open source distributed SQL database that supports Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing (HTAP) workloads. It is MySQL compatible and features horizontal scalability, strong consistency, and high availability.
Primary database modelWide column storeWide column storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Wide column store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.20
Rank#306  Overall
#12  Wide column stores
Score0.42
Rank#257  Overall
#120  Relational DBMS
Score3.63
Rank#76  Overall
#40  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­table-storewww.kinetica.comsqrrl.compingcap.com
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­tablestoredocs.kinetica.comdocs.pingcap.com/­tidb/­stable
DeveloperAlibabaHypertable Inc.KineticaAmazon infooriginally Sqrrl Data, Inc.PingCAP, Inc.
Initial release20162009201220122016
Current release0.9.8.11, March 20167.1, August 20218.2.0, July 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availablecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
TiDB Cloud: Fully-managed TiDB Service. Bring everything great about TiDB to the cloud.
Implementation languageC++C, C++JavaGo, Rust
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
LinuxLinuxLinux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
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
Secondary indexesnorestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoyes
APIs and other access methodsHTTP APIC++ API
Thrift
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Accumulo Shell
Java API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
GORM
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
SQLAlchemy
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Actionscript
C infousing GLib
C#
C++
Cocoa
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Smalltalk
Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functionsnono
Triggersnonoyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangenono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceShardingShardingSharding infomaking use of Hadoophorizontal partitioning (by key range)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceselectable replication factor on file system levelSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor infomaking use of HadoopUsing Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnoyesyes infowith TiSpark Connector
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistency infoDocument store kept consistent with combination of global timestamping, row-level transactions, and server-side consistency resolution.Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnoyes infofull support since version 6.6
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic single-row operationsnonoAtomic updates per row, document, or graph entityACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.noyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights based on subaccounts and tokensnoAccess rights for users and roles on table levelCell-level Security, Data-Centric Security, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC)Fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
Alibaba Cloud Table StoreHypertableKineticaSqrrlTiDB
Specific characteristicsTiDB is an advanced open-source, distributed SQL database for modern application...
» more
Competitive advantages- HORIZONTAL SCALING : TiDB grants total transparency into your data workloads without...
» more
Typical application scenariosTiDB is ideal for transactional applications that require extreme scalability and...
» more
Key customersBlock, Pinterest, Catalyst, Bolt, Flipkart, Capcom, Shopee (E-commerce), JD Cloud...
» more
Market metrics34K+ GitHub stars 5K+ members in TiDB Community Slack 1K+ community contributors...
» more
Licensing and pricing modelsTiDB Community : Free open source software (Apache 2.0) TiDB Self-Hosted : Enterprise...
» more

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
Alibaba Cloud Table StoreHypertableKineticaSqrrlTiDB
Recent citations in the news

What are some ways of getting free credit for Alibaba Cloud?
21 September 2018, SitePoint

Alibaba Cloud’s Singapore Node Suffers Network Disruption Due to Data Center Fire
10 September 2024, Pandaily

Apache Software Foundation Announces New Top-Level Project Apache® Paimon
16 April 2024, GlobeNewswire

25 Best Cloud Service Providers (Public and Private) in 2024
4 June 2023, CybersecurityNews

provided by Google News

5 Free NoSQL Database Certification Courses in 2024
31 January 2024, AIM

SQL and TimescaleDB. This article takes a closer look into… | by Alibaba Cloud
31 July 2019, DataDrivenInvestor

The Collective: Customize Your Computer & Your Phone With Star Trek
18 March 2009, TrekMovie

TimescaleDB, an open source database for storing time series data
10 April 2021, Linux Adictos

provided by Google News

Kinetica Elevates RAG with Fast Access to Real-Time Data
26 March 2024, Datanami

Kinetica: AI is a ‘killer app’ for data analytics
2 May 2023, Blocks & Files

How GPUs Are Helping Paris’ Public Hospital System Combat the Spread of COVID-19
15 October 2020, NVIDIA Blog

Transforming spatiotemporal data analysis with GPUs and generative AI
30 October 2023, InfoWorld

Kinetica Adds $6 Million in Acceleration Funding and Expands Management Team
26 September 2016, Business Wire

provided by Google News

Splunk details Sqrrl 'screw-ups' that hampered threat hunting
6 May 2024, TechTarget

Peanut butter whisky is officially a thing. Here are five to try
7 August 2024, Delicious

Amazon’s cloud business acquires Sqrrl, a security start-up with NSA roots
23 January 2018, CNBC

AWS beefs up threat detection with Sqrrl acquisition
24 January 2018, TechCrunch

Amazon acquires cybersecurity startup Sqrrl
8 June 2023, cisomag.com

provided by Google News

Empowering India's Developer Community: TiDB’s Initiatives in Building Next-Gen Database Expertise
4 November 2024, CXOToday.com

How a new database architecture supports scale and reliability in TiDB
11 March 2024, InfoWorld

Unlocking performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency of Zomato’s Billing Platform by switching from TiDB to DynamoDB
22 December 2023, AWS Blog

TiDB Can Do What MongoDB or CockRoachDB Can’t
27 June 2024, AIM

Data, Scalability, and AI in the Spotlight at PingCAP’s Third Annual HTAP Summit
14 August 2024, GlobeNewswire

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

Milvus logo

Vector database designed for GenAI, fully equipped for enterprise implementation.
Try Managed Milvus for Free

RaimaDB logo

RaimaDB, embedded database for mission-critical applications. When performance, footprint and reliability matters.
Try RaimaDB for free.

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

SingleStore logo

The data platform to build your intelligent applications.
Try it free.

Present your product here