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 :
S.NO. | 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. |
2. | 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. |
3. | In Alibaba Cloud ApsaraDB for PolarDB there are hosted server operating systems. | In Alibaba Cloud MaxCompute there are hosted server operating systems. |
4. | The license of Alibaba Cloud ApsaraDB for PolarDB is commercial. | The license of Alibaba Cloud MaxCompute is also commercial. |
5. | It supports XML format. | It does not support XML format. |
6. | It supports the Server-side scripting. | It supports user defined functions based Server-side scripting. |
7. | There is only one partitioning method – Sharding. | It also support partitioning methods. |
8. | It supports SQL query language. | It supports SQL-like query language. |
9. | It supports replication methods. | It also supports replication methods. |
10. | 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. |
11. | It supports in-memory capabilities. | It does not support in-memory capabilities. |
12. | It does not offer any API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods. | It offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods. |
13. | It supports ACID properties. | It does not support ACID properties. |
14. | Programming languages supported are Java and Python. | Programming language supported is Java. |
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