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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. Coveo vs. MaxDB vs. OpenEdge

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. Coveo vs. MaxDB vs. OpenEdge

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonCoveo  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS librarySchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageAI-powered hosted search, recommendation and personalization platform providing tools for both low-code and full-code developmentA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsApplication development environment with integrated database management system
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Search engineRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.42
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Score1.90
Rank#126  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score2.14
Rank#116  Overall
#11  Search engines
Score2.15
Rank#115  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score3.69
Rank#78  Overall
#42  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgdrill.apache.orgwww.coveo.commaxdb.sap.comwww.progress.com/­openedge
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldrill.apache.org/­docsdocs.coveo.commaxdb.sap.com/­documentationdocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latest
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software FoundationCoveoSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997Progress Software Corporation
Initial release20142012201219841984
Current release1.20.3, January 20237.9.10.12, February 2024OpenEdge 12.2, March 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercial infoLimited community edition freecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freehybrid - fields need to be configured prior to indexing, but relationships can be exploited at query time without pre-configurationyesyes
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.nonononoyes
Secondary indexesnonoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnoyesyes infoclose to SQL 92
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC++C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Progress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language)
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsnoyesyes
Triggersyesnoyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingyesnonehorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoyesACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesDepending on the underlying data sourcenono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoDepending on the underlying data sourcegranular access controls, API key management, content filtersfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers and groups

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