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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres vs. MaxDB vs. Netezza

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres vs. MaxDB vs. Netezza

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonFujitsu Enterprise Postgres  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonNetezza infoAlso called PureData System for Analytics by IBM  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS librarySchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageEnterprise-grade PostgreSQL-based DBMS with security enhancements such as Transparent Data Encryption and Data Masking, plus high-availability and performance improvement features.A robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsData warehouse and analytics appliance part of IBM PureSystems
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score0.31
Rank#285  Overall
#129  Relational DBMS
Score2.32
Rank#112  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score9.06
Rank#46  Overall
#29  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgdrill.apache.orgwww.postgresql.fastware.commaxdb.sap.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­netezza
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldrill.apache.org/­docswww.postgresql.fastware.com/­product-manualsmaxdb.sap.com/­documentation
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software FoundationPostgreSQL Global Development Group, Fujitsu Australia Software TechnologySAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997IBM
Initial release2014201219842000
Current release1.20.3, January 2023Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres 14, January 20227.9.10.12, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercial infoLimited community edition freecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptCC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux infoincluded in appliance
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesyes
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.nonono
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 compliantyesyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC++.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
C
C++
Fortran
Java
Lua
Perl
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsuser defined functionsyesyes
Triggersyesnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingpartitioning by range, list and by hashnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyesno
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 datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
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 sourceno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoDepending on the underlying data sourcefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers with fine-grained authorization concept
More information provided by the system vendor
AlaSQLApache DrillFujitsu Enterprise PostgresMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-DNetezza infoAlso called PureData System for Analytics by IBM
Specific characteristics100% compatible with community PostgreSQL
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Competitive advantagesBuilt-in TDE and Data Masking security. In-Memory Columnar Index, and a high speed...
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Typical application scenariosTransactional payments applications, reporting and mixed workloads.
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Market metricsOver 30 years experience in database technology. Over 20 years in Postgres development...
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Licensing and pricing modelsCore based licensing
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