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DBMS > Google Cloud Datastore vs. Informix vs. STSdb vs. UniData,UniVerse vs. Yanza

System Properties Comparison Google Cloud Datastore vs. Informix vs. STSdb vs. UniData,UniVerse vs. Yanza

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NameGoogle Cloud Datastore  Xexclude from comparisonInformix  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparisonUniData,UniVerse  Xexclude from comparisonYanza  Xexclude from comparison
Yanza seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionAutomatically scaling NoSQL Database as a Service (DBaaS) on the Google Cloud PlatformA secure embeddable database from IBM, positioned besides IBM Db2 as a relatively low-cost product optimized for OLTP and Internet of Things dataKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing methodMultiValue database and application server with SQL mapping layer and meta database capabilitiesTime Series DBMS for IoT Applications
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMS infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypes compatible with MongoDBKey-value storeMultivalue DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS infowith Informix TimeSeries Extension
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.36
Rank#72  Overall
#12  Document stores
Score17.12
Rank#34  Overall
#21  Relational DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#357  Overall
#51  Key-value stores
Score2.85
Rank#98  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Websitecloud.google.com/­datastorewww.ibm.com/­products/­informixgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4www.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-unidatayanza.com
Technical documentationcloud.google.com/­datastore/­docsinformix.hcldoc.com
www.ibm.com/­support/­knowledgecenter/­SSGU8G/­welcomeIfxServers.html
docs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?cluster=true&labelkey=unidata&labelkey=prod_unidata
DeveloperGoogleIBM, HCL Technologies infoEffective May 1st, 2017, HCL took on development, technical support, and product management teams, and works jointly with IBM on product strategy, marketing, and sales.STS Soft SCRocket SoftwareYanza
Initial release20081984201119852015
Current release14.10.FC5, November 20204.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license availablecommercialcommercial infofree version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono infobut mainly used as a service provided by Yanza
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Implementation languageC, C++ and JavaC#C
Server operating systemshostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
WindowsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes, details hereyes infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)optionalno
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.nono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (GQL)yesnoyesno
APIs and other access methodsgRPC (using protocol buffers) API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
JSON API infoMongoDB compatible
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client APIJava API infoJPA
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
Java
.Net
Basic infoU2 Basic
C
Java
any language that supports HTTP calls
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresusing Google App Engineyesnoyesno
TriggersCallbacks using the Google Apps Engineyesnoyes infoU2 Basicyes infoTimer and event based
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using PaxosMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
noneSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infousing Google Cloud Dataflownononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on type of query and configuration infoStrong Consistency is default for entity lookups and queries within an Entity Group (but can instead be made eventually consistent). Other queries are always eventual consistent.Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infovia ReferenceProperties or Ancestor pathsyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoSerializable Isolation within Transactions, Read Committed outside of TransactionsACIDnoACID infoconfigurableno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)Users with fine-grained authentication, authorization, and auditing controlsnoAccess rights according to SQL-standard and operating system basedno

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