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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL vs. Datomic vs. Ehcache vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL vs. Datomic vs. Ehcache vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data Warehouse  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.Datomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsElastic, large scale data warehouse service leveraging the broad eco-system of SQL Server
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score0.91
Rank#201  Overall
#94  Relational DBMS
Score1.66
Rank#144  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score19.93
Rank#31  Overall
#19  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­analyticdb-for-mysqlwww.datomic.comwww.ehcache.orgazure.microsoft.com/­services/­synapse-analytics
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­doc-detail/­93776.htmdocs.datomic.comwww.ehcache.org/­documentationdocs.microsoft.com/­azure/­synapse-analytics
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAlibabaCognitectTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGMicrosoft
Initial release2014201220092016
Current release1.0.7075, December 20233.10.0, March 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercialcommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonoyes
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJava, ClojureJavaC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedAll OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VMhosted
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes
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 indexesnoyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesnonoyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP APIJCacheADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
Java
PHP
Python
Clojure
Java
JavaC#
Java
PHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesyes infoTransaction FunctionsnoTransact SQL
TriggersyesyesBy using transaction functionsyes infoCache Event Listenersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerSharding, horizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersyes infoby using Terracotta Serveryes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonono infodocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­synapse-analytics/­sql-data-warehouse/­sql-data-warehouse-table-constraints
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnonoyes
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AlaSQLAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQLDatomicEhcacheMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Specific characteristicsA real-time data warehousing service that can process PB data with high concurrency...
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