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DBMS > Amazon SimpleDB vs. BigchainDB vs. EDB Postgres vs. Realm vs. Typesense

System Properties Comparison Amazon SimpleDB vs. BigchainDB vs. EDB Postgres vs. Realm vs. Typesense

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NameAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonEDB Postgres  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonTypesense  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 ScioreBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsThe EDB Postgres Platform is an enterprise-class data management platform based on the open source database PostgreSQL with flexible deployment options and Oracle compatibility features, complemented by tool kits for management, integration, and migration.A DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataA typo-tolerant, in-memory search engine optimized for instant search-as-you-type experiences and developer productivity
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument storeSearch engine
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.89
Rank#128  Overall
#22  Key-value stores
Score0.76
Rank#216  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score1.86
Rank#131  Overall
#61  Relational DBMS
Score7.18
Rank#52  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score0.80
Rank#209  Overall
#14  Search engines
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­simpledbwww.bigchaindb.comwww.enterprisedb.comrealm.iotypesense.org
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestwww.enterprisedb.com/­docsrealm.io/­docstypesense.org/­docs
DeveloperAmazonEnterpriseDBRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019
Initial release20072016200520142015
Current release14, December 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercial infoBSD for PostgreSQL-componentsOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languagePythonCC++
Server operating systemshostedLinuxLinux
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesschema-free infopre-defined schema optional
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyesyesyes
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.noyes infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.no
Secondary indexesyes infoAll columns are indexed automaticallyyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes infostandard with numerous extensionsnono
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APICLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
.Net infocommunity maintained
Clojure infocommunity maintained
Dart infocommunity maintained
Go infocommunity maintained
Java infocommunity maintained
JavaScript
Perl infocommunity maintained
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust infocommunity maintained
Swift infocommunity maintained
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.no inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryno
Triggersnoyesyes infoChange Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationShardinghorizontal partitioning infoby hash, list or rangenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesselectable replication factorMulti-source replicationnoneMulti-source replication using RAFT
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
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoConcurrent data updates can be detected by the applicationACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infoIn-Memory realmyes
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-standardyes

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