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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. Apache Impala vs. Fauna vs. HBase

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. Apache Impala vs. Fauna vs. HBase

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDB  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonFauna infopreviously named FaunaDB  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAn online MPP (Massively Parallel Processing) data warehousing service based on GreenplumAnalytic DBMS for HadoopFauna provides a web-native interface, with support for GraphQL and custom business logic that integrates seamlessly with the rest of the serverless ecosystem. The underlying globally distributed storage and compute platform is fast, consistent, and reliable, with a modern security infrastructure.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTable
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Wide column store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score0.76
Rank#220  Overall
#102  Relational DBMS
Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score1.55
Rank#151  Overall
#26  Document stores
#14  Graph DBMS
#71  Relational DBMS
#13  Time Series DBMS
Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Websitealasql.orgwww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­hybriddb-postgresqlimpala.apache.orgfauna.comhbase.apache.org
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­analyticdb-for-postgresql/­latest/­product-introduction-overviewimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.fauna.comhbase.apache.org/­book.html
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAlibaba / Pivotal Software Inc. / PostgreSQL Global Development GroupApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaFauna, Inc.Apache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by Powerset
Initial release20142016201320142008
Current release4.1.0, June 20222.3.4, January 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoApache version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++ScalaJava
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedLinuxhostedLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possible
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesnooptions to bring your own types, AVRO
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 indexesnoyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP APIJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
Java
Perl
Python
R
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Scala
Swift
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceuser defined functionsyes infoCoprocessors in Java
Triggersyesyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceShardinghorizontal partitioning infoconsistent hashingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceselectable replication factorMulti-source replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes infoquery execution via MapReducenoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDnoACIDSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnononoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosIdentity management, authentication, and access controlAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC

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