Amazon SimpleDB vs. Google BigTable Apr07 '08

It seems Google is poised to announce a service similar to Amazon SimpleDB - Google BigTable.

BigTable would allow developers to utilize the powerful infrastructure of Google's global network to provide efficient and scalable database access.

The key feature making it better than SimpleDB? BigTable could be free to use.

I'll have to be honest - I haven't used SimpleDB yet. I know it has restrictions on data length, and it requires learning new syntax. If Google can soften some of the restrictions and learning curve, I think they could have very impressive product.

Google's products are typically user-friendly, whereas Amazon's web services are just the bare-bones service. How you interact with it is up to you - specifically, your technical skill level. This means there are usually no intuitive user interfaces for interacting with Amazon's web services.

I can see Google making BigTable much more user-friendly, and possibly incorporating it into Google Apps, for example.

And if it's free, goodnight SimpleDB.

Categories: Amazon , BigTable , Database , Google , SimpleDB

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