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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Altibase vs. Apache IoTDB vs. jBASE vs. YottaDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Altibase vs. Apache IoTDB vs. jBASE vs. YottaDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSAn IoT native database with high performance for data management and analysis, deployable on the edge and the cloud and integrated with Hadoop, Spark and FlinkA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareA fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMSMultivalue DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#186  Overall
#87  Relational DBMS
Score1.18
Rank#173  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.20
Rank#317  Overall
#47  Key-value stores
Websitealasql.orgaltibase.comiotdb.apache.orgwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbaseyottadb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualsiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmldocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9yottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAltibaseApache Software FoundationRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)YottaDB, LLC
Initial release20141999201819912001
Current releasev7.3, 2023, August 20231.1.0, April 20235.7
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++JavaC
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
HP-UX
Linux
All OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)AIX
Linux
Windows
Docker
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesoptionalno
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
Secondary indexesnoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.ANSI SQL-92SQL-like query languageEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
JDBC
Native API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
PostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
C++
Java
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnostored procedures and stored functionsyesyes
Triggersyesyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardinghorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)Sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasyesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoIntegration with Hadoop and Sparknono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDnoACIDoptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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.yesyesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms

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