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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Altibase vs. HyperSQL vs. jBASE vs. StarRocks

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Altibase vs. HyperSQL vs. jBASE vs. StarRocks

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonStarRocks  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSMultithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareAn open source, high-performance columnar analytical database that enables real-time, multi-dimensional, and highly concurrent data analytics infoForked from Apache Doris
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#186  Overall
#87  Relational DBMS
Score3.49
Rank#87  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score1.04
Rank#189  Overall
#88  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgaltibase.comhsqldb.orgwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasewww.starrocks.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualshsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmldocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9docs.starrocks.io/­en-us/­latest/­introduction/­StarRocks_intro
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAltibaseRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)The Linux Foundation infosince Feb 2023
Initial release20141999200119912020
Current releasev7.3, 2023, August 20232.7.2, June 20235.72.5.3, March 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023Open Source infobased on BSD licensecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++JavaC++, Java
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
HP-UX
Linux
All OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modesAIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeyes
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.nononoyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.ANSI SQL-92yesEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
HTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
JDBC
MySQL protocol
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
C++
Java
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnostored procedures and stored functionsJava, SQLyesuser defined functions
Triggersyesyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneShardinghorizontal partitioning (by range and hash)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesnoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDACIDno
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.yesyesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelRole based access control and fine grained access rights

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