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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache Doris vs. Apache Drill vs. Blueflood vs. Heroic

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Doris vs. Apache Drill vs. Blueflood vs. Heroic

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Doris  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonBlueflood  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAn MPP-based analytics DBMS embracing the MySQL protocolSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageScalable TimeSeries DBMS based on CassandraTime Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearch
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.57
Rank#244  Overall
#113  Relational DBMS
Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#353  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score0.51
Rank#255  Overall
#21  Time Series DBMS
Websitealasql.orgdoris.apache.org
github.com/­apache/­doris
drill.apache.orgblueflood.iogithub.com/­spotify/­heroic
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlgithub.com/­apache/­doris/­wikidrill.apache.org/­docsgithub.com/­rax-maas/­blueflood/­wikispotify.github.io/­heroic
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software Foundation, originally contributed from BaiduApache Software FoundationRackspaceSpotify
Initial release20142017201220132014
Current release1.2.2, February 20231.20.3, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaJavaJava
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freepredefined schemeschema-free
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnoyesnonoyes infovia Elasticsearch
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
MySQL client
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP RESTHQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaC++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsuser defined functionsnono
Triggersyesnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningShardingSharding infobased on CassandraSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandrayes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenonono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoDepending on the underlying data sourcenono
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardDepending on the underlying data sourceno

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