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System Properties Comparison Postgres-XL vs. SWC-DB vs. TiDB vs. Tkrzw vs. Valentina Server

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NamePostgres-XL  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparisonTiDB  Xexclude from comparisonTkrzw infoSuccessor of Tokyo Cabinet and Kyoto Cabinet  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBased on PostgreSQL enhanced with MPP and write-scale-out cluster featuresA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMSTiDB is an open source distributed SQL database that supports Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing (HTAP) workloads. It is MySQL compatible and features horizontal scalability, strong consistency, and high availability.A concept of libraries, allowing an application program to store and query key-value pairs in a file. Successor of Tokyo Cabinet and Kyoto CabinetObject-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelRelational DBMSWide column storeRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMSDocument store
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Score0.53
Rank#254  Overall
#117  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#364  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Score4.25
Rank#74  Overall
#40  Relational DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#372  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
Score0.21
Rank#325  Overall
#144  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.postgres-xl.orggithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
pingcap.comdbmx.net/­tkrzwwww.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationwww.postgres-xl.org/­documentationdocs.pingcap.com/­tidb/­stablevalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
DeveloperAlex KashirinPingCAP, Inc.Mikio HirabayashiParadigma Software
Initial release2014 infosince 2012, originally named StormDB2020201620201999
Current release10 R1, October 20180.5, April 20218.1.0, May 20240.9.3, August 20205.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMozilla public licenseOpen Source infoGPL V3Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCC++Go, RustC++
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
LinuxLinuxLinux
macOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes
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.yes infoXML type, but no XML query functionalitynonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infodistributed, parallel query executionSQL-like query languageyesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
GORM
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
SQLAlchemy
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Erlang
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
C++Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
C++
Java
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnononoyes
Triggersyesnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningShardinghorizontal partitioning (by key range)none
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesUsing Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes infowith TiSpark Connectornono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infofull support since version 6.6noyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoMVCCACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.nononoyes infousing specific database classesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardFine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Postgres-XLSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column DatabaseTiDBTkrzw infoSuccessor of Tokyo Cabinet and Kyoto CabinetValentina Server
Specific characteristicsTiDB is an advanced open-source, distributed SQL database for modern application...
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Competitive advantages- HORIZONTAL SCALING : TiDB grants total transparency into your data workloads without...
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Typical application scenariosTiDB is ideal for transactional applications that require extreme scalability and...
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Key customersBlock, Pinterest, Catalyst, Bolt, Flipkart, Capcom, Shopee (E-commerce), JD Cloud...
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Market metrics34K+ GitHub stars 5K+ members in TiDB Community Slack 1K+ community contributors...
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Licensing and pricing modelsTiDB Community : Free open source software (Apache 2.0) TiDB Self-Hosted : Enterprise...
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