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DBMS > Amazon SimpleDB vs. Kdb vs. MonetDB vs. Oracle Coherence

System Properties Comparison Amazon SimpleDB vs. Kdb vs. MonetDB vs. Oracle Coherence

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NameAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Coherence  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 ScioreHigh performance Time Series DBMSA relational database management system that stores data in columnsOracles in-memory data grid solution
Primary database modelKey-value storeTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.89
Rank#128  Overall
#22  Key-value stores
Score7.73
Rank#45  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#135  Overall
#62  Relational DBMS
Score1.90
Rank#127  Overall
#21  Key-value stores
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­simpledbkx.comwww.monetdb.orgwww.oracle.com/­java/­coherence
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbcode.kx.comwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationdocs.oracle.com/­en/­middleware/­standalone/­coherence
DeveloperAmazonKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcMonetDB BVOracle
Initial release20072000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320042007
Current release3.6, May 2018Dec2023 (11.49), December 202314.1, August 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageqCJava
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VM
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes
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.yesno
Secondary indexesyes infoAll columns are indexed automaticallyyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language (q)yes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsno
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
JCache
JPA
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsyes, in SQL, C, Rno
Triggersnoyes infowith viewsyesyes infoLive Events
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationhorizontal partitioningSharding via remote tablesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesSource-replica replicationnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusyes, with selectable consistency level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
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 applicationnoACIDconfigurable
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infooptionally
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)rights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardauthentification to access the cache via certificates or http basic authentication
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Amazon SimpleDBKdbMonetDBOracle Coherence
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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