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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. Databricks vs. DataFS vs. Drizzle

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  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 librarySchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageThe Databricks Lakehouse Platform combines elements of data lakes and data warehouses to provide a unified view onto structured and unstructured data. It is based on Apache Spark.All data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.MySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Object oriented DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph 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
Score81.08
Rank#15  Overall
#2  Document stores
#10  Relational DBMS
Score0.09
Rank#360  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Websitealasql.orgdrill.apache.orgwww.databricks.comnewdatabase.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldrill.apache.org/­docsdocs.databricks.comdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xsp
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software FoundationDatabricksMobiland AGDrizzle project, originally started by Brian Aker
Initial release20142012201320182008
Current release1.20.3, January 20231.1.263, October 20227.2.4, September 2012
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercialOpen Source infoGNU GPL
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
hostedWindowsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)Classes, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)yes
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesnonoyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantwith Databricks SQLnoyes infowith proprietary extensions
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
JDBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC++Python
R
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
C
C++
Java
PHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsuser defined functions and aggregatesno
Triggersyesnono, except callback-events from server when changes happenedno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingProprietary Sharding systemSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACIDACIDACID
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 sourceWindows-ProfilePluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTP
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