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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL vs. Apache Drill vs. Heroic vs. TerarkDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL vs. Apache Drill vs. Heroic vs. TerarkDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryA real-time data warehousing service that can process petabytes of data with high concurrency and low latency. It is fully compatible with the MySQL protocol.Schema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageTime Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDB
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.85
Rank#207  Overall
#96  Relational DBMS
Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score0.51
Rank#255  Overall
#21  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Websitealasql.orgwww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­analyticdb-for-mysqldrill.apache.orggithub.com/­spotify/­heroicgithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­doc-detail/­93776.htmdrill.apache.org/­docsspotify.github.io/­heroicbytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAlibabaApache Software FoundationSpotifyByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release2014201220142016
Current release1.20.3, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial inforestricted open source version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesno
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.noyesnonono
Secondary indexesnoyesnoyes infovia Elasticsearchno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
C++ API
Java API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
Java
PHP
Python
C++C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesuser defined functionsnono
Triggersyesyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDnonono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesDepending on the underlying data sourcenoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardDepending on the underlying data sourceno
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AlaSQLAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQLApache DrillHeroicTerarkDB
Specific characteristicsA real-time data warehousing service that can process PB data with high concurrency...
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Competitive advantagesTPC Benchmark: The world leading result in TPC-DS benchmark . TPC-H benchmark for...
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Licensing and pricing modelsAvailable regions: America US Virginia US Silicon Valley Asia China Hong Kong India...
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