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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Amazon Redshift vs. Linter vs. OpenSearch vs. SQL.JS

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAmazon Redshift  Xexclude from comparisonLinter  Xexclude from comparisonOpenSearch  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryLarge scale data warehouse service for use with business intelligence toolsRDBMS for high security requirementsA distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine forked from Elasticsearch and based on Apache LucenePort of SQLite to JavaScript
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSSearch engineRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSVector 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
Score16.88
Rank#35  Overall
#22  Relational DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#350  Overall
#152  Relational DBMS
Score16.03
Rank#37  Overall
#4  Search engines
Score0.63
Rank#241  Overall
#112  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgaws.amazon.com/­redshiftlinter.rugithub.com/­opensearch-project
opensearch.org
sql.js.org
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.aws.amazon.com/­redshiftopensearch.org/­docs/­latestsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.html
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAmazon (based on PostgreSQL)relex.ruAmazon Web ServicesAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by others
Initial release20142012199020212012
Current release2.5.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptCC and C++JavaJavaScript
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedAIX
Android
BSD
HP Open VMS
iOS
Linux
OS X
VxWorks
Windows
All OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-free infoFlexible type definitions. Once a type is defined, it is persistentyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnorestrictedyesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yes infodoes not fully support an SQL-standardyesSQL-like query languageyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supported
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
LINQ
ODBC
OLE DB
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Ruby
Tcl
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby infoElasticsearch client
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functions infoin Pythonyes infoproprietary syntax with the possibility to convert from PL/SQLyesno
Triggersyesnoyesyes infoby using the 'percolation' featureno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesSource-replica replicationyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoSynchronous doc based replication. Get by ID may show delays up to 1 sec. Configurable write consistency: one, quorum, allnone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infoinformational only, not enforced by the systemyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a file
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno
More information provided by the system vendor
AlaSQLAmazon RedshiftLinterOpenSearchSQL.JS
Specific characteristicsOpenSearch is a highly scalable and extensible open-source software suite for search,...
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Competitive advantagesDistributed as fully open source under Apache License, Version 2.0 (ALv2), OpenSearch...
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Typical application scenariosThe OpenSearch platform is used across a broad range of search , analytics, and observability...
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Licensing and pricing modelsThe OpenSearch Project offers open source software licensed under Apache License...
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