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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Altibase vs. Apache Kylin vs. jBASE vs. SurrealDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Altibase vs. Apache Kylin vs. jBASE vs. SurrealDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonApache Kylin  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSA distributed analytics engine for big data, providing a SQL interface and multi-dimensional analysis (OLAP) and leveraging the Hadoop stackA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
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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#172  Overall
#79  Relational DBMS
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#203  Overall
#34  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Websitealasql.orgaltibase.comkylin.apache.orgwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasesurrealdb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualskylin.apache.org/­docsdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9surrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAltibaseApache Software Foundation, originally contributed from eBay IncRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)SurrealDB Ltd
Initial release20141999201519912022
Current releasev7.3, 2023, August 20233.1.0, July 20205.7v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++JavaRust
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
HP-UX
Linux
LinuxAIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesoptionalyes
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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.ANSI SQL-92ANSI SQL for queries (using Apache Calcite)Embedded SQL for jBASE in BASICSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
C++
Java
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnostored procedures and stored functionsyes
Triggersyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDACID
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-standardAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelyes, based on authentication and database rules

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