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System Properties Comparison Amazon SimpleDB vs. Badger vs. CockroachDB vs. FileMaker vs. Prometheus

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NameAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonBadger  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonPrometheus  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 ScioreAn embeddable, persistent, simple and fast Key-Value Store, written purely in Go.CockroachDB is a distributed database architected for modern cloud applications. It is wire compatible with PostgreSQL and backed by a Key-Value Store, which is either RocksDB or a purpose-built derivative, called Pebble.FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Open-source Time Series DBMS and monitoring system
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.88
Rank#133  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
Score0.22
Rank#320  Overall
#47  Key-value stores
Score5.73
Rank#58  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score7.69
Rank#50  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­simpledbgithub.com/­dgraph-io/­badgerwww.cockroachlabs.comwww.claris.com/­filemakerprometheus.io
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbgodoc.org/­github.com/­dgraph-io/­badgerwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docswww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationprometheus.io/­docs
DeveloperAmazonDGraph LabsCockroach LabsClaris infoa subsidiary of Apple
Initial release20072017201519832015
Current release24.1.0, May 202419.4.1, November 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageGoGoGo
Server operating systemshostedBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freedynamic schemayesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyesyesNumeric data only
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 infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatno infoImport of XML data possible
Secondary indexesyes infoAll columns are indexed automaticallynoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLyes infovia pluginsno
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIJDBCFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
GoC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
PHP.Net
C++
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononoyesno
Triggersnononoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationnonehorizontal partitioning (by key range) infoall tables are translated to an ordered KV store and then broken down into 64MB ranges, which are then used as replicas in RAFTnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesnoneMulti-source replication using RAFTSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yes infoby Federation
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
noneImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoConcurrent data updates can be detected by the applicationnoACIDnono
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.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)noRole-based access controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesno

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