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DBMS > Amazon CloudSearch vs. Dgraph vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. gStore vs. Kdb

System Properties Comparison Amazon CloudSearch vs. Dgraph vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. gStore vs. Kdb

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NameAmazon CloudSearch  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisongStore  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA hosted search engine service by Amazon with the data stored in Amazons cloudDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSGoogle's NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.A native Graph DBMS to store and maintain very large RDF datasets.High performance Time Series DBMS
Primary database modelSearch engineGraph DBMSKey-value store
Wide column store
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.74
Rank#133  Overall
#12  Search engines
Score1.34
Rank#157  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score2.93
Rank#90  Overall
#14  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score0.02
Rank#372  Overall
#38  Graph DBMS
#19  RDF stores
Score7.06
Rank#48  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#2  Vector DBMS
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchdgraph.iocloud.google.com/­bigtableen.gstore.cnkx.com
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchdgraph.io/­docscloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docsen.gstore.cn/­#/­enDocscode.kx.com
DeveloperAmazonDgraph Labs, Inc.GoogleKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plc
Initial release20122016201520162000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003
Current release1.2, November 20233.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoBSDcommercial infofree 32-bit version
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnoyesnono
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Implementation languageGoC++q
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema supportyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesyes
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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesyes infoall search fields are automatically indexedyesnoyes infotable attribute 'grouped'
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonononoSQL-like query language (q)
APIs and other access methodsHTTP APIGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononoyesuser defined functions
Triggersnononoyes infowith views
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infoautomatic partitioning across Amazon Search Instance as requiredyesShardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infomanaged transparently by AWSSynchronous replication via RaftInternal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zonesSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processing
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDAtomic single-row operationsyesno
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.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlauthentication via encrypted signaturesno infoPlanned for future releasesAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)Users, roles and permissions, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) supportedrights management via user accounts
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Amazon CloudSearchDgraphGoogle Cloud BigtablegStoreKdb
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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