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System Properties Comparison Amazon SimpleDB vs. Apache Phoenix vs. Datastax Enterprise vs. Greenplum vs. Kdb

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NameAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonApache Phoenix  Xexclude from comparisonDatastax Enterprise  Xexclude from comparisonGreenplum  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  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 scale-out RDBMS with evolutionary schema built on Apache HBaseDataStax Enterprise (DSE) is the always-on, scalable data platform built on Apache Cassandra and designed for hybrid Cloud. DSE integrates graph, search, analytics, administration, developer tooling, and monitoring into a unified platform.Analytic Database platform built on PostgreSQL. Full name is Pivotal Greenplum Database infoA logical database in Greenplum is an array of individual PostgreSQL databases working together to present a single database image.High performance Time Series DBMS
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSWide column storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Vector DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score1.88
Rank#133  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
Score2.06
Rank#123  Overall
#58  Relational DBMS
Score5.93
Rank#56  Overall
#4  Wide column stores
Score8.08
Rank#48  Overall
#31  Relational DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­simpledbphoenix.apache.orgwww.datastax.com/­products/­datastax-enterprisegreenplum.orgkx.com
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbphoenix.apache.orgdocs.datastax.comdocs.greenplum.orgcode.kx.com
DeveloperAmazonApache Software FoundationDataStaxPivotal Software Inc.Kx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plc
Initial release20072014201120052000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003
Current release5.0-HBase2, July 2018 and 4.15-HBase1, December 20196.8, April 20207.0.0, September 20233.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree 32-bit version
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaq
Server operating systemshostedLinux
Unix
Windows
Linux
OS X
LinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyes infolate-bound, schema-on-read capabilitiesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes
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.nonoyes infosince Version 4.2yes
Secondary indexesyes infoAll columns are indexed automaticallyyesyesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL); Spark SQLyesSQL-like query language (q)
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIJDBCProprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language)
TinkerPop Gremlin infowith DSE Graph
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C#
C++
Go
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
Java
Perl
Python
R
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsnoyesuser defined functions
Triggersnonoyesyesyes infowith views
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationShardingSharding infono "single point of failure"Shardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
configurable replication factor, datacenter aware, advanced replication for edge computingSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoHadoop integrationyesyesno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processing
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
Immediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Tunable Consistency infoconsistency level can be individually decided with each write operation
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoConcurrent data updates can be detected by the applicationACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACIDno
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.yesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)Access Control Lists (using HBase ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC, multi-tenancyAccess rights for users can be defined per objectfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardrights management via user accounts
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Specific characteristicsDataStax Enterprise is scale-out data infrastructure for enterprises that need to...
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Integrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesSupporting the following application requirements: Zero downtime - Built on Apache...
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provides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariosApplications that must be massively and linearly scalable with 100% uptime and able...
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tick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersCapital One, Cisco, Comcast, eBay, McDonald's, Microsoft, Safeway, Sony, UBS, and...
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Goldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricsAmong the Forbes 100 Most Innovative Companies, DataStax is trusted by 5 of the top...
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kdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsAnnual subscription
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