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DBMS > Google Cloud Bigtable vs. KairosDB vs. Lovefield vs. MaxDB vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search

System Properties Comparison Google Cloud Bigtable vs. KairosDB vs. Lovefield vs. MaxDB vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search

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NameGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonKairosDB  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGoogle's NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.Distributed Time Series DBMS based on Cassandra or H2Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app development
Primary database modelKey-value store
Wide column store
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.15
Rank#95  Overall
#14  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score0.67
Rank#233  Overall
#20  Time Series DBMS
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score2.26
Rank#114  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score5.52
Rank#59  Overall
#6  Search engines
Websitecloud.google.com/­bigtablegithub.com/­kairosdb/­kairosdbgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldmaxdb.sap.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­search
Technical documentationcloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docskairosdb.github.iogithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationlearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­search
DeveloperGoogleGoogleSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997Microsoft
Initial release20152013201419842015
Current release1.2.2, November 20182.1.12, February 20177.9.10.12, February 2024V1
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial infoLimited community edition freecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononoyes
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Implementation languageJavaJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
hosted
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnonoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternyesno
APIs and other access methodsgRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
Graphite protocol
HTTP REST
Telnet API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
JavaScript.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononoyesno
TriggersnonoUsing read-only observersyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infobased on CassandranonenoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesInternal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zonesselectable replication factor infobased on CassandranoneSource-replica replicationyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate consistency (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)Eventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic single-row operationsnoACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes infousing MemoryDBnono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)simple password-based access controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infousing Azure authentication

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