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System Properties Comparison Google Cloud Bigtable vs. MonetDB vs. NuoDB vs. PieCloudDB vs. Quasardb

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NameGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPieCloudDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  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.A relational database management system that stores data in columnsNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsA cloud-native analytic database platform with new technologoy for elastic MPPDistributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelKey-value store
Wide column store
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.26
Rank#92  Overall
#13  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score1.72
Rank#145  Overall
#67  Relational DBMS
Score0.89
Rank#198  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score0.25
Rank#304  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Websitecloud.google.com/­bigtablewww.monetdb.orgwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasewww.openpie.comquasar.ai
Technical documentationcloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docswww.monetdb.org/­Documentationdoc.nuodb.comdoc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperGoogleMonetDB BVDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.OpenPiequasardb
Initial release2015200420132009
Current releaseDec2023 (11.49), December 20232.1, January 20233.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0commercial infolimited edition freecommercialcommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licenses
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonoyesno
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Implementation languageCC++C++
Server operating systemshostedFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes infointeger and binary
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 indexesnoyesyesyesyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsyesyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsgRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java
PL/SQL
Python
R
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes, in SQL, C, RJava, SQLuser defined functionsno
Triggersnoyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding via remote tablesdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenyesSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesInternal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zonesnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDByesSource-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonowith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate consistency (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic single-row operationsACIDACID infotunable commit protocolACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCCyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoby using LevelDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infoTemporary tableyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative UsersUser Roles and pluggable authentication with full SQL StandardCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail
More information provided by the system vendor
Google Cloud BigtableMonetDBNuoDBPieCloudDBQuasardb
Specific characteristicsPieCloudDB, OpenPie's flagship product, is a cutting-edge cloud-native data warehouse....
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Competitive advantagesExtreme Elastic: PieCloudDB utilizes a cutting-edge eMPP cloud-native architecture...
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Typical application scenariosPieCloudDB is ideal for Data mining applications that require extreme scalability...
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Key customersSail-Cloud China Shipbuilding Group Haizhou System Soochow Securities ​etc.,
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Licensing and pricing modelsPieCloudDB Community Edition: Community License, Free Download, Self-Hosted Deployment;...
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