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System Properties Comparison Amazon SimpleDB vs. GridGain vs. NSDb vs. Sadas Engine vs. Vertica

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NameAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonNSDb  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparisonVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™  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 ScioreGridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache IgniteScalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of KubernetesSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environmentsCloud or off-cloud analytical database and query engine for structured and semi-structured streaming and batch data. Machine learning platform with built-in algorithms, data preparation capabilities, and model evaluation and management via SQL or Python.
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infoColumn oriented
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.85
Rank#138  Overall
#24  Key-value stores
Score1.47
Rank#154  Overall
#26  Key-value stores
#72  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#158  Relational DBMS
Score10.68
Rank#43  Overall
#27  Relational DBMS
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­simpledbwww.gridgain.comnsdb.iowww.sadasengine.comwww.vertica.com
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbwww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmlnsdb.io/­Architecturewww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentationvertica.com/­documentation
DeveloperAmazonGridGain Systems, Inc.SADAS s.r.l.OpenText infopreviously Micro Focus and Hewlett Packard
Initial release20072007201720062005
Current releaseGridGain 8.5.18.012.0.3, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infofree trial version availablecommercial infoLimited community edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono infoon-premises, all major clouds - Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and containers
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Implementation languageJava, C++, .NetJava, ScalaC++C++
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
AIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesYes, but also semi-structure/unstructured data storage, and complex hierarchical data (like Parquet) stored and/or queried.
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes: int, bigint, decimal, stringyesyes
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 automaticallyyesall fields are automatically indexedyesNo Indexes Required. Different internal optimization strategy, but same functionality included.
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLSQL-like query languageyesFull 1999 standard plus machine learning, time series and geospatial. Over 650 functions.
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIHDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
gRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
ADO.NET
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spark Connector
vSQL infocharacter-based, interactive, front-end utility
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Java
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)nonoyes, PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL, with minor differences
Triggersnoyes (cache interceptors and events)noyes, called Custom Alerts
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationShardingShardinghorizontal partitioninghorizontal partitioning, hierarchical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyes (replicated cache)noneMulti-source replication infoOne, or more copies of data replicated across nodes, or object-store used for repository.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)nonono infoBi-directional Spark integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
Immediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoConcurrent data updates can be detected by the applicationACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesUsing Apache Luceneyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'no
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)Security Hooks for custom implementationsAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard; supports Kerberos, LDAP, Ident and hash
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Amazon SimpleDBGridGainNSDbSadas EngineVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™
Specific characteristicsDeploy-anywhere database for large-scale analytical deployments. Deploy off-cloud,...
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Competitive advantagesFast, scalable, and capable of high concurrency. Separation of compute/storage leverages...
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Typical application scenariosCommunication and network analytics, Embedded analytics, Fraud monitoring and Risk...
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Key customersAbiba Systems, Adform, adMarketplace, AmeriPride, Anritsu, AOL, Avito, Auckland Transport,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsCost-based models and subscription-based models are both available. One license is...
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