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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. SQL.JS

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. SQL.JS

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS librarySchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageA containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalabilityPort of SQLite to JavaScript
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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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
Score3.54
Rank#84  Overall
#14  Document stores
#10  Key-value stores
#1  Object oriented DBMS
#45  Relational DBMS
Score0.63
Rank#241  Overall
#112  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgdrill.apache.orgwww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-irissql.js.org
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldrill.apache.org/­docsdocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.clssql.js.org/­documentation/­index.html
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software FoundationInterSystemsAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by others
Initial release2014201220182012
Current release1.20.3, January 20232023.3, June 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaScript
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freedepending on used data modelyes
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 indexesnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantyesyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supported
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC++.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsyesno
Triggersyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageDepending on the underlying data sourceyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a file
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoDepending on the underlying data sourceyesno
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AlaSQLApache DrillInterSystems IRISSQL.JS
Specific characteristicsInterSystems IRIS is a complete cloud-first data platform which includes a multi-model...
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