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DBMS > Amazon SimpleDB vs. Apache Kylin vs. BigchainDB vs. Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres vs. OrientDB

System Properties Comparison Amazon SimpleDB vs. Apache Kylin vs. BigchainDB vs. Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres vs. OrientDB

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NameAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonApache Kylin  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonFujitsu Enterprise Postgres  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHosted simple database service by Amazon, with the data stored in the Amazon Cloud. infoThere is an unrelated product called SimpleDB developed by Edward ScioreA distributed analytics engine for big data, providing a SQL interface and multi-dimensional analysis (OLAP) and leveraging the Hadoop stackBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsEnterprise-grade PostgreSQL-based DBMS with security enhancements such as Transparent Data Encryption and Data Masking, plus high-availability and performance improvement features.Multi-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
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Score1.85
Rank#138  Overall
#24  Key-value stores
Score1.18
Rank#172  Overall
#79  Relational DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.31
Rank#285  Overall
#129  Relational DBMS
Score3.19
Rank#93  Overall
#16  Document stores
#7  Graph DBMS
#14  Key-value stores
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­simpledbkylin.apache.orgwww.bigchaindb.comwww.postgresql.fastware.comorientdb.org
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbkylin.apache.org/­docsbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestwww.postgresql.fastware.com/­product-manualswww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.html
DeveloperAmazonApache Software Foundation, originally contributed from eBay IncPostgreSQL Global Development Group, Fujitsu Australia Software TechnologyOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAP
Initial release2007201520162010
Current release3.1.0, July 2020Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres 14, January 20223.2.29, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoAGPL v3commercialOpen Source infoApache version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageJavaPythonCJava
Server operating systemshostedLinuxLinuxLinux
Windows
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesnoyesyes
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 columns are indexed automaticallyyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoANSI SQL for queries (using Apache Calcite)noyesSQL-like query language, no joins
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsJava, Javascript
TriggersnoyesHooks
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationShardingpartitioning by range, list and by hashSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono infocould be achieved with distributed queries
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes inforelationship in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoConcurrent data updates can be detected by the applicationACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.no
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)yesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurable
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Amazon SimpleDBApache KylinBigchainDBFujitsu Enterprise PostgresOrientDB
Specific characteristics100% compatible with community PostgreSQL
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Competitive advantagesBuilt-in TDE and Data Masking security. In-Memory Columnar Index, and a high speed...
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Typical application scenariosTransactional payments applications, reporting and mixed workloads.
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Market metricsOver 30 years experience in database technology. Over 20 years in Postgres development...
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Licensing and pricing modelsCore based licensing
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