DB-EnginesInfluxDB: Focus on building software with an easy-to-use serverless, scalable time series platformEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > Amazon SimpleDB vs. Coveo vs. Informix vs. KairosDB

System Properties Comparison Amazon SimpleDB vs. Coveo vs. Informix vs. KairosDB

Please select another system to include it in the comparison.

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonCoveo  Xexclude from comparisonInformix  Xexclude from comparisonKairosDB  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 ScioreAI-powered hosted search, recommendation and personalization platform providing tools for both low-code and full-code developmentA secure embeddable database from IBM, positioned besides IBM Db2 as a relatively low-cost product optimized for OLTP and Internet of Things dataDistributed Time Series DBMS based on Cassandra or H2
Primary database modelKey-value storeSearch engineRelational DBMS infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypes compatible with MongoDBTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS infowith Informix TimeSeries Extension
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.88
Rank#133  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
Score2.11
Rank#118  Overall
#11  Search engines
Score17.12
Rank#34  Overall
#21  Relational DBMS
Score0.67
Rank#233  Overall
#20  Time Series DBMS
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­simpledbwww.coveo.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­informixgithub.com/­kairosdb/­kairosdb
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbdocs.coveo.cominformix.hcldoc.com
www.ibm.com/­support/­knowledgecenter/­SSGU8G/­welcomeIfxServers.html
kairosdb.github.io
DeveloperAmazonCoveoIBM, HCL Technologies infoEffective May 1st, 2017, HCL took on development, technical support, and product management teams, and works jointly with IBM on product strategy, marketing, and sales.
Initial release2007201219842013
Current release14.10.FC5, November 20201.2.2, November 2018
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageC, C++ and JavaJava
Server operating systemshostedhostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freehybrid - fields need to be configured prior to indexing, but relationships can be exploited at query time without pre-configurationyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypesyes
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.nono
Secondary indexesyes infoAll columns are indexed automaticallyyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesno
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIRESTful HTTP APIJDBC
JSON API infoMongoDB compatible
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Graphite protocol
HTTP REST
Telnet API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyesno
Triggersnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationyesShardingSharding infobased on Cassandra
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
selectable replication factor infobased on Cassandra
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoConcurrent data updates can be detected by the applicationyesACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)granular access controls, API key management, content filtersUsers with fine-grained authentication, authorization, and auditing controlssimple password-based access control

More information provided by the system vendor

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
Amazon SimpleDBCoveoInformixKairosDB
DB-Engines blog posts

The popularity of cloud-based DBMSs has increased tenfold in four years
7 February 2017, Matthias Gelbmann

Amazon - the rising star in the DBMS market
3 August 2015, Matthias Gelbmann

show all

Recent citations in the news

A Place for Everything – Amazon SimpleDB
14 December 2007, AWS Blog

Amazon DynamoDB Serves Trillions Of Requests Per Month While Counterpart SimpleDB Is No Longer A Listed ...
12 November 2013, TechCrunch

Amazon SimpleDB Management in Eclipse
22 July 2009, AWS Blog

Good Advice on Keeping Your Database Simple and Fast.
25 March 2009, All Things Distributed

Amazon Goes Back to the Future With 'NoSQL' Database
19 January 2012, WIRED

provided by Google News

Patrick Martin Sells 1531 Shares of Coveo Solutions Inc (TSE:CVO.TO) Stock
16 June 2024, Defense World

Is It Time To Consider Buying Coveo Solutions Inc. (TSE:CVO)?
6 June 2024, Yahoo Finance

Coveo Debuts GenAI Tools on Genesys Cloud and AppFoundry
17 May 2024, CX Today

Coveo Solutions Reports Strong Fiscal 2024 Results - TipRanks.com
3 June 2024, TipRanks

Coveo's 2024 Commerce Industry Report Finds More Than 70% of Consumers are Expecting Generative AI to ...
6 June 2024, PR Newswire

provided by Google News

IBM Informix: A key part of IBM’s hybrid cloud and AI strategy
11 January 2024, ibm.com

IBM Buys Informix for $1 Billion
1 June 2024, ITPro Today

Unlock the value of your Informix data for advanced analytics and AI with watsonx.data
24 April 2024, ibm.com

IBM Informix review: What you need to know about the software
12 December 2022, TechRepublic

IBM Informix Database in the Cloud | AWS News Blog
1 May 2009, AWS Blog

provided by Google News

Real-Time Performance and Health Monitoring Using Netdata
2 September 2019, CNX Software

Expo: Real Time A/B Testing and Monitoring with Spark Streaming and Kafka at Walmart Labs
24 May 2019, InfoQ.com

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

Milvus logo

Vector database designed for GenAI, fully equipped for enterprise implementation.
Try Managed Milvus for Free

Present your product here