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DBMS > Amazon SimpleDB vs. Galaxybase vs. Rockset vs. TerarkDB

System Properties Comparison Amazon SimpleDB vs. Galaxybase vs. Rockset vs. TerarkDB

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NameAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonGalaxybase  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  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 ScioreScalable, ACID-compliant native distributed parallel graph platformA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDB
Primary database modelKey-value storeGraph DBMSDocument storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score1.88
Rank#133  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
Score0.07
Rank#377  Overall
#40  Graph DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.08
Rank#367  Overall
#56  Key-value stores
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­simpledbgalaxybase.comrockset.comgithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbdocs.rockset.combytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
DeveloperAmazonChuanglin(Createlink) Technology Co., Ltd 浙江创邻科技有限公司RocksetByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release2007201720192016
Current releaseNov 20, November 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercial inforestricted open source version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnoyesno
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Implementation languageC and JavaC++C++
Server operating systemshostedLinuxhosted
Data schemeschema-freeStrong typed schemaschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesdynamic typingno
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 infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesyes infoAll columns are indexed automaticallyyesall fields are automatically indexedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsno
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIBrowser interface
console (shell)
Graph API (Gremlin)
OpenCypher
Proprietary native API
HTTP RESTC++ API
Java API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Go
Java
Python
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined procedures and functionsnono
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationShardingAutomatic shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyesnone
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 ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoRelationships in graphsnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoConcurrent data updates can be detected by the applicationACIDnono
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.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)Role-based access controlAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleno

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