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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. GridGain vs. MaxDB vs. OpenSearch

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. GridGain vs. MaxDB vs. OpenSearch

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonOpenSearch  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS librarySchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageGridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache IgniteA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsA distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine forked from Elasticsearch and based on Apache Lucene
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Key-value store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsVector 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
Score1.47
Rank#154  Overall
#26  Key-value stores
#72  Relational DBMS
Score2.32
Rank#112  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score16.36
Rank#37  Overall
#4  Search engines
Websitealasql.orgdrill.apache.orgwww.gridgain.commaxdb.sap.comgithub.com/­opensearch-project
opensearch.org
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldrill.apache.org/­docswww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmlmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationopensearch.org/­docs/­latest
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software FoundationGridGain Systems, Inc.SAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997Amazon Web Services
Initial release20142012200719842021
Current release1.20.3, January 2023GridGain 8.5.17.9.10.12, February 20242.5.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJava, C++, .NetC++Java
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VM
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesschema-free infoFlexible type definitions. Once a type is defined, it is persistent
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesnonoyesyesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC++C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby infoElasticsearch client
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)yesyes
Triggersyesnoyes (cache interceptors and events)yesyes infoby using the 'percolation' feature
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes (replicated cache)Source-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)no
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoSynchronous doc based replication. Get by ID may show delays up to 1 sec. Configurable write consistency: one, quorum, all
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACIDACIDno
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 sourceyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoDepending on the underlying data sourceSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
AlaSQLApache DrillGridGainMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-DOpenSearch
Specific characteristicsOpenSearch is a highly scalable and extensible open-source software suite for search,...
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Competitive advantagesDistributed as fully open source under Apache License, Version 2.0 (ALv2), OpenSearch...
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Typical application scenariosThe OpenSearch platform is used across a broad range of search , analytics, and observability...
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Licensing and pricing modelsThe OpenSearch Project offers open source software licensed under Apache License...
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