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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Amazon Aurora vs. Datomic vs. Rockset vs. Sadas Engine

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Amazon Aurora vs. Datomic vs. Rockset vs. Sadas Engine

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAmazon Aurora  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryMySQL and PostgreSQL compatible cloud service by AmazonDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environments
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score7.91
Rank#50  Overall
#32  Relational DBMS
Score1.59
Rank#150  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#158  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgaws.amazon.com/­rds/­aurorawww.datomic.comrockset.comwww.sadasengine.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.aws.amazon.com/­AmazonRDS/­latest/­AuroraUserGuide/­CHAP_Aurora.htmldocs.datomic.comdocs.rockset.comwww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentation
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAmazonCognitectRocksetSADAS s.r.l.
Initial release20142015201220192006
Current release1.0.6735, June 20238.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercialcommercial infolimited edition freecommercialcommercial infofree trial version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJava, ClojureC++C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedAll OS with a Java VMhostedAIX
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesdynamic typingyes
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.noyesnono infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesnoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP APIHTTP RESTJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptAda
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Clojure
Java
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesyes infoTransaction Functionsnono
TriggersyesyesBy using transaction functionsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersAutomatic shardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard

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