Difference between Alibaba Cloud ApsaraDB for PolarDB and Alibaba Cloud MaxCompute
1. Alibaba Cloud ApsaraDB for PolarDB :
It is a cloud-native relational database compatible with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle. ApsaraDB architecture supported 5000 physical machines in a single cluster. It is designed for business-critical database applications that require fast performance, high concurrency, and automatic scaling.
2. Alibaba Cloud MaxCompute :
It was previously known as ODPS, is a general purpose, fully managed, multi-tenancy data processing platform for large-scale data warehousing. It is used to store and compute batches of structured data. It provides a massive range of data warehouse solutions as well as big data analysis and modeling services.
Difference between Alibaba Cloud ApsaraDB for PolarDB and Alibaba Cloud MaxCompute :
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Alibaba Cloud ApsaraDB for PolarDB |
Alibaba Cloud MaxCompute
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1. |
It was developed by Alibaba in August 2013. |
It was developed by Alibaba in 2016. |
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It is a cloud-native relational database compatible with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle. |
It is a general purpose, fully managed, multi-tenancy data processing platform for large-scale data warehousing. |
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In Alibaba Cloud ApsaraDB for PolarDB there are hosted server operating systems. |
In Alibaba Cloud MaxCompute there are hosted server operating systems. |
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The license of Alibaba Cloud ApsaraDB for PolarDB is commercial. |
The license of Alibaba Cloud MaxCompute is also commercial. |
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It supports XML format. |
It does not support XML format. |
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It supports the Server-side scripting. |
It supports user defined functions based Server-side scripting. |
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There is only one partitioning method – Sharding. |
It also support partitioning methods. |
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It supports SQL query language. |
It supports SQL-like query language. |
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It supports replication methods. |
It also supports replication methods. |
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ApsaraDB for PolarDB provides the concept of Referential Integrity. Hence, there are Foreign Keys. |
MaxCompute does not provide the concept of Referential Integrity. Hence, no Foreign Keys. |
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It supports in-memory capabilities. |
It does not support in-memory capabilities. |
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It does not offer any API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods. |
It offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods. |
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It supports ACID properties. |
It does not support ACID properties. |
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Programming languages supported are Java and Python. |
Programming language supported is Java. |
Last Updated :
29 Jun, 2020
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