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DBMS > Amazon SimpleDB vs. Drizzle vs. Memgraph vs. PouchDB vs. Realm

System Properties Comparison Amazon SimpleDB vs. Drizzle vs. Memgraph vs. PouchDB vs. Realm

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NameAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionHosted simple database service by Amazon, with the data stored in the Amazon Cloud. infoThere is an unrelated product called SimpleDB developed by Edward ScioreMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.An open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core Data
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSGraph DBMSDocument storeDocument store
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Score1.85
Rank#138  Overall
#24  Key-value stores
Score3.02
Rank#98  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score2.28
Rank#115  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­simpledbmemgraph.compouchdb.comrealm.io
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbmemgraph.com/­docspouchdb.com/­guidesrealm.io/­docs
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperAmazonDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerMemgraph LtdApache Software FoundationRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019
Initial release20072008201720122014
Current release7.2.4, September 20127.1.1, June 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGNU GPLOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availableOpen SourceOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageC++C and C++JavaScript
Server operating systemshostedFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Linuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-free and schema-optionalschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesnoyes
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 automaticallyyesyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infowith proprietary extensionsnonono
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIJDBCBolt protocol
Cypher query language
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C++
Java
PHP
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
JavaScript.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoView functions in JavaScriptno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary
Triggersnono infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.yesyes infoChange Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationShardingSharding infodynamic graph partitioningSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication using RAFTMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
Immediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes inforelationships in graphsnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoConcurrent data updates can be detected by the applicationACIDACID infowith snapshot isolationnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)Pluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPUsers, roles and permissionsnoyes
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Specific characteristicsMemgraph directly connects to your streaming infrastructure so you and your team...
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