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System Properties Comparison Amazon SimpleDB vs. HarperDB vs. InfluxDB vs. NuoDB vs. YDB

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NameAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonYDB  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 ScioreUltra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.DBMS for storing time series, events and metricsNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsA distributed fault-tolerant database service, with high availability, scalability, immediate consistency and ACID transactions and providing an Amazon DynamoDB compatible API
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith GEO package
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.88
Rank#133  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score24.39
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score0.33
Rank#287  Overall
#43  Document stores
#132  Relational DBMS
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­simpledbwww.harperdb.iowww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasegithub.com/­ydb-platform/­ydb
ydb.tech
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbdocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbdoc.nuodb.comydb.tech/­en/­docs
DeveloperAmazonHarperDBDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.Yandex
Initial release20072017201320132019
Current release3.1, August 20212.7.6, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availablecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoApache 2.0; commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageNode.jsGoC++
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Linux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freedynamic schemaschema-freeyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes infoJSON data typesNumeric data and Stringsyesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyes infoAll columns are indexed automaticallyyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like data manipulation statementsSQL-like query languageyesSQL-like query language (YQL)
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
HTTP API
JSON over UDP
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1noJava, SQLno
Triggersnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterSharding infoin enterprise version onlydata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedselectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlyyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBActive-passive shard replication
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 ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoConcurrent data updates can be detected by the applicationAtomic execution of specific operationsnoACID infotunable commit protocolACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoMVCCyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, using LMDByesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoDepending on used storage engineyes infoTemporary tableno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)Access rights for users and rolessimple rights management via user accountsStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative UsersAccess rights defined for Yandex Cloud users
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Competitive advantagesTime to Value InfluxDB is available in all the popular languages and frameworks,...
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Key customersInfluxData has more than 1,900 paying customers, including customers include MuleSoft,...
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Market metricsFastest-growing database to drive 27,500 GitHub stars Over 750,000 daily active instances
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source core with closed source clustering available either on-premise or on...
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