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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. Datomic vs. jBASE vs. WakandaDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. Datomic vs. jBASE vs. WakandaDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS librarySchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareWakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSMultivalue DBMSObject oriented DBMS
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score1.59
Rank#150  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#364  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Websitealasql.orgdrill.apache.orgwww.datomic.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasewakanda.github.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldrill.apache.org/­docsdocs.datomic.comdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9wakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software FoundationCognitectRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)Wakanda SAS
Initial release20142012201219912012
Current release1.20.3, January 20231.0.6735, June 20235.72.7.0 (AprilĀ 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercial infolimited edition freecommercialOpen Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJava, ClojureC++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMAIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesoptionalyes
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.nononoyesno
Secondary indexesnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnoEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC++Clojure
Java
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsyes infoTransaction Functionsyesyes
TriggersyesnoBy using transaction functionsyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersyesnone
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 integrityyesnonono
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 sourceyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyes
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 inforecommended only for testing and developmentyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoDepending on the underlying data sourcenoAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelyes

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