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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache Doris vs. Apache Druid vs. DolphinDB vs. SingleStore

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Doris vs. Apache Druid vs. DolphinDB vs. SingleStore

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Doris  Xexclude from comparisonApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonDolphinDB  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAn MPP-based analytics DBMS embracing the MySQL protocolOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataDolphinDB is a high performance Time Series DBMS. It is integrated with an easy-to-use fully featured programming language and a high-volume high-velocity streaming analytics system. It offers operational simplicity, scalability, fault tolerance, and concurrency.MySQL wire-compliant distributed RDBMS that combines an in-memory row-oriented and a disc-based column-oriented storage with patented universal storage to handle transactional and analytical workloads in one single table type
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
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Trend Chart
Score0.42
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Score0.61
Rank#235  Overall
#110  Relational DBMS
Score2.85
Rank#96  Overall
#50  Relational DBMS
#6  Time Series DBMS
Score2.72
Rank#100  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
#5  Vector DBMS
Score4.02
Rank#74  Overall
#39  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgdoris.apache.org
github.com/­apache/­doris
druid.apache.orgwww.dolphindb.comwww.singlestore.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlgithub.com/­apache/­doris/­wikidruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designdocs.dolphindb.cn/­en/­help200/­index.htmldocs.singlestore.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software Foundation, originally contributed from BaiduApache Software Foundation and contributorsDolphinDB, IncSingleStore Inc.
Initial release20142017201220182013
Current release1.2.2, February 202330.0.0, June 2024v2.00.4, January 20228.5, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache license v2commercial infofree community version availablecommercial infofree developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaJavaC++C++, Go
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxLinux
OS X
Unix
Linux
Windows
Linux info64 bit version required
Data schemeschema-freeyesyes infoschema-less columns are supportedyesyes
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 indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesSQL for queryingSQL-like query languageyes infobut no triggers and foreign keys
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
MySQL client
JDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
JSON over HTTP
Kafka
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
OPC DA
OPC UA
RabbitMQ
WebSocket
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
MatLab
Python
R
Rust
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsnoyesyes
Triggersyesnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningSharding infomanual/auto, time-basedhorizontal partitioningSharding infohash partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesyesSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculations
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoyesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesyes infoAll updates are persistent, including those to disk-based columnstores and memory-based row stores. Transaction commits are supported via write-ahead log.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnonoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemAdministrators, Users, GroupsFine grained access control via users, groups and roles

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