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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Alibaba Cloud PolarDB vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. FoundationDB vs. Yaacomo

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Alibaba Cloud PolarDB vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. FoundationDB vs. Yaacomo

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAlibaba Cloud PolarDB  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonYaacomo  Xexclude from comparison
This system has been discontinued and will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market. As a consequence, the product was removed from the DB-Engines ranking. In April 2018, Apple open-sourced FoundationDB and it therefore reappears in the ranking.Yaacomo seems to be discontinued and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryA cloud-native relational database compatible with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle. Designed for business critical applications.Highly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksOrdered key-value store. Core features are complimented by layers.OpenCL based in-memory RDBMS, designed for efficiently utilizing the hardware via parallel computing
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Document store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Relational DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score0.66
Rank#235  Overall
#108  Relational DBMS
Score1.06
Rank#185  Overall
#31  Document stores
#28  Key-value stores
#85  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­polardbatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorygithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbyaacomo.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­polardb/­product-overviewapple.github.io/­foundationdb
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAlibabaAtos Convergence CreatorsFoundationDBQ2WEB GmbH
Initial release2014201620132009
Current release17036.2.28, November 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial
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)hostedLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Android
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsschema-free infosome layers support schemasyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesoptionalno infosome layers support typingyes
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.noyesyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesnosupported in specific SQL layer onlyyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
LDAPJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJava
Python
All languages with LDAP bindings.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnoin SQL-layer only
Triggersyesyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSharding infocell divisionShardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyesyesSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationLinearizable consistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoin SQL-layer onlyyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDACID
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.yesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardLDAP bind authenticationnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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