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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache Doris vs. Drizzle vs. Heroic

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Doris vs. Drizzle vs. Heroic

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Doris  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAn MPP-based analytics DBMS embracing the MySQL protocolMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.Time Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearch
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score0.49
Rank#259  Overall
#40  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Score0.69
Rank#237  Overall
#108  Relational DBMS
Score0.57
Rank#250  Overall
#21  Time Series DBMS
Websitealasql.orgdoris.apache.org
github.com/­apache/­doris
github.com/­spotify/­heroic
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlgithub.com/­apache/­doris/­wikispotify.github.io/­heroic
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software Foundation, originally contributed from BaiduDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerSpotify
Initial release2014201720082014
Current release1.2.2, February 20237.2.4, September 2012
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGNU GPLOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaC++Java
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes infovia Elasticsearch
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesyes infowith proprietary extensionsno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
MySQL client
JDBCHQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaC
C++
Java
PHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsnono
Triggersyesnono infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.no
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTP

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