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DBMS > Amazon SimpleDB vs. GreptimeDB vs. IBM Db2 vs. NuoDB vs. Prometheus

System Properties Comparison Amazon SimpleDB vs. GreptimeDB vs. IBM Db2 vs. NuoDB vs. Prometheus

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NameAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPrometheus  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 ScioreAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyCommon in IBM host environments, 2 different versions for host and Windows/LinuxNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsOpen-source Time Series DBMS and monitoring system
Primary database modelKey-value storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS infoSince Version 10.5 support for JSON/BSON documents compatible with MongoDBRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store infoin Db2 LUW (Linux, Unix, Windows)
Spatial DBMS infowith Db2 Spatial Extender
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.88
Rank#133  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
Score0.12
Rank#351  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score125.90
Rank#9  Overall
#6  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score7.69
Rank#50  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­simpledbgreptime.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2www.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databaseprometheus.io
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbdocs.greptime.comwww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2doc.nuodb.comprometheus.io/­docs
DeveloperAmazonGreptime Inc.IBMDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.
Initial release200720221983 infohost version20132015
Current release12.1, October 2016
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infofree version is availablecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageRustC and C++C++Go
Server operating systemshostedAndroid
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesNumeric data only
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 infoImport of XML data possible
Secondary indexesyes infoAll columns are indexed automaticallyyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyesyesno
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIgRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
JSON style queries infoMongoDB compatible
ODBC
XQuery
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
C
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Visual Basic
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C++
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoPythonyesJava, SQLno
Triggersnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationShardingSharding infoonly with Windows/Unix/Linux Versiondata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyes infowith separate tools (MQ, InfoSphere)yes infoManaged transparently by NuoDByes infoby Federation
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 Consistencynone
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 applicationACIDACID infotunable commit protocolno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoMVCCyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoTemporary tableno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)Simple rights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Usersno
More information provided by the system vendor
Amazon SimpleDBGreptimeDBIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2NuoDBPrometheus
Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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