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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Altibase vs. Apache Druid vs. jBASE vs. Rockset

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Multivalue DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#186  Overall
#87  Relational DBMS
Score3.34
Rank#88  Overall
#48  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Websitealasql.orgaltibase.comdruid.apache.orgwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbaserockset.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualsdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9docs.rockset.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAltibaseApache Software Foundation and contributorsRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)Rockset
Initial release20141999201219912019
Current releasev7.3, 2023, August 202329.0.1, April 20245.7
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023Open Source infoApache license v2commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++JavaC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Linux
OS X
Unix
AIX
Linux
Windows
hosted
Data schemeschema-freeyesyes infoschema-less columns are supportedschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesoptionaldynamic typing
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.nononoyesno infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesnoyesyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.ANSI SQL-92SQL for queryingEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICRead-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
JDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
C++
Java
Clojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnostored procedures and stored functionsnoyesno
Triggersyesyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding infomanual/auto, time-basedShardingAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesyesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDnoACIDno
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.yesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console

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