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DBMS > Amazon SimpleDB vs. GBase vs. GeoSpock vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. Lovefield

System Properties Comparison Amazon SimpleDB vs. GBase vs. GeoSpock vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. Lovefield

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NameAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparison
GeoSpock seems to be discontinued. Therefore it will be 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 ScioreWidely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.Spatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scaleGoogle's NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScript
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
Wide column store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score1.88
Rank#133  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
Score1.05
Rank#186  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score3.15
Rank#95  Overall
#14  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­simpledbwww.gbase.cngeospock.comcloud.google.com/­bigtablegoogle.github.io/­lovefield
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbcloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docsgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.md
DeveloperAmazonGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.GeoSpockGoogleGoogle
Initial release2007200420152014
Current releaseGBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c2.0, September 20192.1.12, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnoyesyesno
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Implementation languageC, Java, PythonJava, JavascriptJavaScript
Server operating systemshostedLinuxhostedhostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyes infoAll columns are indexed automaticallyyestemporal, categoricalnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoStandard with numerous extensionsANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)noSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder pattern
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
JDBCgRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C#C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsnonono
TriggersnoyesnonoUsing read-only observers
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationhorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningAutomatic shardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyesInternal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zonesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoConcurrent data updates can be detected by the applicationACIDnoAtomic single-row operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Database
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes infousing MemoryDB
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)yesAccess rights for users can be defined per tableAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)no

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