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System Properties Comparison Amazon CloudSearch vs. HarperDB vs. NuoDB vs. YottaDB

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NameAmazon CloudSearch  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA hosted search engine service by Amazon with the data stored in Amazons cloudUltra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.NuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsA fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelSearch engineDocument storeRelational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.81
Rank#137  Overall
#12  Search engines
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score0.28
Rank#306  Overall
#44  Key-value stores
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchwww.harperdb.iowww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databaseyottadb.com
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchdocs.harperdb.io/­docsdoc.nuodb.comyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperAmazonHarperDBDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.YottaDB, LLC
Initial release2012201720132001
Current release3.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree community edition availablecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageNode.jsC++C
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Docker
Linux
Data schemeyesdynamic schemayesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoJSON data typesyesno
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 indexesyes infoall search fields are automatically indexedyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like data manipulation statementsyesby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsHTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1Java, SQL
Triggersnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infoautomatic partitioning across Amazon Search Instance as requiredA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/written
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infomanaged transparently by AWSyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDByes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoAtomic execution of specific operationsACID infotunable commit protocoloptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCC
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, using LMDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoTemporary tableyes
User concepts infoAccess controlauthentication via encrypted signaturesAccess rights for users and rolesStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative UsersUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms

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