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System Properties Comparison Amazon SimpleDB vs. NuoDB vs. PouchDB vs. STSdb vs. WakandaDB

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NameAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  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 ScioreNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing methodWakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSDocument storeKey-value storeObject oriented DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.85
Rank#138  Overall
#24  Key-value stores
Score0.89
Rank#198  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score2.28
Rank#115  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Score0.03
Rank#364  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­simpledbwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasepouchdb.comgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4wakanda.github.io
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbdoc.nuodb.compouchdb.com/­guideswakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperAmazonDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.Apache Software FoundationSTS Soft SCWakanda SAS
Initial release20072013201220112012
Current release7.1.1, June 20194.0.8, September 20152.7.0 (April 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infolimited edition freeOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license availableOpen Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaScriptC#C++, JavaScript
Server operating systemshostedhosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)WindowsLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesnoyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)yes
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
Secondary indexesyes infoAll columns are indexed automaticallyyesyes infovia viewsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnonono
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
.NET Client APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScriptC#
Java
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava, SQLView functions in JavaScriptnoyes
Triggersnoyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
nonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
Immediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoConcurrent data updates can be detected by the applicationACID infotunable commit protocolnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMVCCyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoTemporary tableyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)Standard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Usersnonoyes

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