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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Doris vs. Memcached vs. Rockset vs. SurrealDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Doris  Xexclude from comparisonMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAn MPP-based analytics DBMS embracing the MySQL protocolIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value storeDocument storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.57
Rank#244  Overall
#113  Relational DBMS
Score19.42
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.86
Rank#203  Overall
#34  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Websitealasql.orgdoris.apache.org
github.com/­apache/­doris
www.memcached.orgrockset.comsurrealdb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlgithub.com/­apache/­doris/­wikigithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikidocs.rockset.comsurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software Foundation, originally contributed from BaiduDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalRocksetSurrealDB Ltd
Initial release20142017200320192022
Current release1.2.2, February 20231.6.25, March 2024v1.1.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoBSD licensecommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaCC++Rust
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
hostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesnodynamic typingyes
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 infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesnoyesnoall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesnoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
MySQL client
Proprietary protocolHTTP RESTGraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJava.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsnono
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningnoneAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenonenone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallityyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesnoyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleyes, based on authentication and database rules

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