DB-EnginesInfluxDB: Focus on building software with an easy-to-use serverless, scalable time series platformEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > Altibase vs. Amazon DocumentDB vs. eXtremeDB vs. IBM Cloudant

System Properties Comparison Altibase vs. Amazon DocumentDB vs. eXtremeDB vs. IBM Cloudant

Please select another system to include it in the comparison.

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonAmazon DocumentDB  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSFast, scalable, highly available, and fully managed MongoDB-compatible database serviceNatively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringDatabase as a Service offering based on Apache CouchDB
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.02
Rank#189  Overall
#88  Relational DBMS
Score1.91
Rank#131  Overall
#24  Document stores
Score0.80
Rank#214  Overall
#99  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#19  Document stores
Websitealtibase.comaws.amazon.com/­documentdbwww.mcobject.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudant
Technical documentationgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualsaws.amazon.com/­documentdb/­resourceswww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmcloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudant
DeveloperAltibaseMcObjectIBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014
Initial release1999201920012010
Current releasev7.3, 2023, August 20238.2, 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023commercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnoyes
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageC++C and C++Erlang
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
hostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
hosted
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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 availableno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL-92noyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
proprietary protocol using JSON (MongoDB compatible).NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
C#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresstored procedures and stored functionsnoyesView functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScript
Triggersyesnoyes infoby defining eventsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonehorizontal partitioning / shardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesMulti-availability zones for high availability, asynchronous replication for up to 15 read replicasActive Replication Fabricâ„¢ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infomay be implemented via Amazon Elastic MapReduce (Amazon EMR)noyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno infotypically not used, however similar functionality with DBRef possibleyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic single-document operationsACIDno infoatomic operations within a document possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyes infoOptimistic locking
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and rolesAccess rights for users can be defined per database
More information provided by the system vendor
AltibaseAmazon DocumentDBeXtremeDBIBM Cloudant
Specific characteristicseXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
» more
Competitive advantageseXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
» more
Typical application scenariosIoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
» more
Key customersSchneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
» more
Market metricsWith hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
» more
Licensing and pricing modelsFor server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
» 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
AltibaseAmazon DocumentDBeXtremeDBIBM Cloudant
Recent citations in the news

Altibase is Adopted for Presence Service to Provide User Information and Online Presence
8 April 2019, PR Newswire

In-memory OLAP Database Market Is Booming (CAGR of 24.95%) Worldwide | Terracotta, Altibase, Kognitio, Mcobject ...
26 October 2018, openPR

South Korean company to provide database solution to Mobicom
10 April 2020, UB Post

Up and Coming Latin Rapper Lil Mexico HOV to Release Singles Every Month
10 April 2020, One World Herald

Kylie Jenner Slammed and Accused on Twitter for wearing Leopard-Print Catsuit and copying Rihanna
22 July 2019, Seekers Time

provided by Google News

A hybrid approach for homogeneous migration to an Amazon DocumentDB elastic cluster | Amazon Web Services
4 June 2024, AWS Blog

Vector search for Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) is now generally available | Amazon Web Services
29 November 2023, AWS Blog

Use LangChain and vector search on Amazon DocumentDB to build a generative AI chatbot | Amazon Web Services
20 May 2024, AWS Blog

Use headless clusters in Amazon DocumentDB for cost-effective multi-Region resiliency | Amazon Web Services
8 March 2024, AWS Blog

Reduce cost and improve performance by migrating to Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 | Amazon Web Services
15 April 2024, AWS Blog

provided by Google News

Latest embedded DBMS supports asymmetric multiprocessing systems
24 May 2023, Embedded

McObject Announces the Release of eXtremeDB/rt 1.2
23 May 2023, Embedded Computing Design

McObject
17 November 2021, Electronic Design

Beta tests for real time in-memory embedded database ...
4 May 2021, eeNews Europe

The Data in Hard Real-time SCADA Systems Lets Companies Do More with Less
11 August 2023, Automation.com

provided by Google News

Cloudant Best (and Worst) Practices — Part 1
18 March 2019, ibm.com

Intro to Enterprise Cloud Storage: How to Set Up a Cloudant Database
1 December 2014, Linux.com

IBM Expands Cloud Database Services with Kubernetes
26 September 2019, EnterpriseAI

IBM Code Engine and IBM Cloudant: Serverless Data and Infrastructure
16 August 2021, ibm.com

IBM to Purchase Cloudant Database as a service (DBaaS) Provider
22 March 2014, App Developer Magazine

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

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.

Milvus logo

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

Present your product here