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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. ClickHouse vs. JSqlDb vs. TDengine

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. ClickHouse vs. JSqlDb vs. TDengine

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonClickHouse  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonTDengine  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS librarySchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageA high-performance, column-oriented SQL DBMS for online analytical processing (OLAP) that uses all available system resources to their full potential to process each analytical query as fast as possible. It is available as both an open-source software and a cloud offering.JavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesTime Series DBMS and big data platform
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score2.02
Rank#124  Overall
#22  Document stores
#59  Relational DBMS
Score15.55
Rank#38  Overall
#23  Relational DBMS
Score2.68
Rank#106  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Websitealasql.orgdrill.apache.orgclickhouse.comjsqldb.org (offline)github.com/­taosdata/­TDengine
tdengine.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldrill.apache.org/­docsclickhouse.com/­docsdocs.tdengine.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software FoundationClickhouse Inc.Konrad von BackstromTDEngine, previously Taos Data
Initial release20142012201620182019
Current release1.20.3, January 2023v24.4.1.2088-stable, May 20240.8, December 20183.0, August 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL V3, also commercial editions available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++C
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesnoyes
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 indexesnonoyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantClose to ANSI SQL (SQL/JSON + extensions)noStandard SQL with extensions for time-series applications
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
gRPC
HTTP REST
JDBC
MySQL wire protocol
ODBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Proprietary protocol
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC++C# info3rd party library
C++
Elixir info3rd party library
Go info3rd party library
Java info3rd party library
JavaScript (Node.js) info3rd party library
Kotlin info3rd party library
Nim info3rd party library
Perl info3rd party library
PHP info3rd party library
Python info3rd party library
R info3rd party library
Ruby info3rd party library
Rust
Scala info3rd party library
JavaScriptC
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsyesfunctions in JavaScriptno
Triggersyesnononoyes, via alarm monitoring
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingkey based and customnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneAsynchronous and synchronous physical replication; geographically distributed replicas; support for object storages.noneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyes infousing RocksDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesDepending on the underlying data sourceyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoDepending on the underlying data sourceAccess rights for users and roles. Column and row based policies. Quotas and resource limits. Pluggable authentication with LDAP and Kerberos. Password based, X.509 certificate, and SSH key authentication.yes
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AlaSQLApache DrillClickHouseJSqlDbTDengine
Specific characteristicsTDengine™ is a next generation data historian purpose-built for Industry 4.0 and...
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Competitive advantagesHigh Performance at any Scale: TDengine is purpose-built for handling massive industrial...
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Typical application scenariosTDengine is designed for Industrial IoT scenarios, including: Manufacturing Connected...
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Market metricsTDengine has garnered over 22,500 stars on GitHub and is used in over 50 countries...
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Licensing and pricing modelsTDengine OSS is an open source, cloud native time series database. It includes built-in...
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