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

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

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonCoveo  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonVoltDB  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 solutionsDistributed In-Memory NewSQL RDBMS infoUsed for OLTP applications with a high frequency of relatively simple transactions, that can hold all their data in memory
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Search engineRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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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
Score2.11
Rank#118  Overall
#11  Search engines
Score2.26
Rank#114  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score1.47
Rank#157  Overall
#73  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgdrill.apache.orgwww.coveo.commaxdb.sap.comwww.voltdb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldrill.apache.org/­docsdocs.coveo.commaxdb.sap.com/­documentationdocs.voltdb.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software FoundationCoveoSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997VoltDB Inc.
Initial release20142012201219842010
Current release1.20.3, January 20237.9.10.12, February 202411.3, April 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoAGPL for Community Edition, commercial license for Enterprise, AWS, and Pro Editions
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++Java, C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X infofor development
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.nononono
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 infoonly a subset of SQL 99
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
Java API
JDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC++C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
C#
C++
Erlang infonot officially supported
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsnoyesJava
Triggersyesnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingyesnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyesno infoFOREIGN KEY constraints are not supported
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoyesACIDACID infoTransactions are executed single-threaded within stored procedures
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoData access is serialized by the server
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyes infoSnapshots and command logging
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesDepending on the underlying data sourceno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoDepending on the underlying data sourcegranular access controls, API key management, content filtersfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers and roles with access to stored procedures

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