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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Altibase vs. Ehcache vs. PostGIS

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value storeSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.42
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Score0.87
Rank#200  Overall
#93  Relational DBMS
Score4.79
Rank#66  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score20.16
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitealasql.orgaltibase.comwww.ehcache.orgpostgis.net
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualswww.ehcache.org/­documentationpostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAltibaseTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AG
Initial release2014199920092005
Current releasev7.3, 2023, August 20233.10.0, March 20223.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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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
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes
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 indexesnoyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.ANSI SQL-92noyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
JCache
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
C++
Java
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnostored procedures and stored functionsnouser defined functions
Triggersyesyesyes infoCache Event Listenersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding infoby using Terracotta Serveryes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesyes infoby using Terracotta Serveryes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoyes infobased on PostgreSQL

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