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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Amazon Neptune vs. jBASE vs. Kdb vs. Oracle Coherence

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Amazon Neptune vs. jBASE vs. Kdb vs. Oracle Coherence

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAmazon Neptune  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Coherence  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryFast, reliable graph database built for the cloudA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareHigh performance Time Series DBMSOracles in-memory data grid solution
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Multivalue DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score2.29
Rank#113  Overall
#9  Graph DBMS
#5  RDF stores
Score1.49
Rank#156  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score1.97
Rank#129  Overall
#22  Key-value stores
Websitealasql.orgaws.amazon.com/­neptunewww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasekx.comwww.oracle.com/­java/­coherence
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlaws.amazon.com/­neptune/­developer-resourcesdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9code.kx.comdocs.oracle.com/­en/­middleware/­standalone/­coherence
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAmazonRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)Kx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcOracle
Initial release2014201719912000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032007
Current release5.73.6, May 201814.1, August 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercialcommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptqJava
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedAIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VM
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesoptionalyesyes
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.nonoyesyesno
Secondary indexesnonoyes infotable attribute 'grouped'no
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICSQL-like query language (q)no
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIOpenCypher
RDF 1.1 / SPARQL 1.1
TinkerPop Gremlin
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
JCache
JPA
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
Go
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyesuser defined functionsno
Triggersyesnoyesyes infowith viewsyes infoLive Events
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardinghorizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-availability zones high availability, asynchronous replication for up to 15 read replicas within a single region. Global database clusters consists of a primary write DB cluster in one region, and up to five secondary read DB clusters in different regions. Each secondary region can have up to 16 reader instances.yesSource-replica replicationyes, with selectable consistency level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infoRelationships in graphsnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDnoconfigurable
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyes infowith encyption-at-restyesyesyes infooptionally
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)Access rights can be defined down to the item levelrights management via user accountsauthentification to access the cache via certificates or http basic authentication
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AlaSQLAmazon NeptunejBASEKdbOracle Coherence
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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