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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. Oracle Rdb vs. PouchDB vs. TempoIQ

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. Oracle Rdb vs. PouchDB vs. TempoIQ

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonTempoIQ infoformerly TempoDB  Xexclude from comparison
TempoIQ seems to be decommissioned. It will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS librarySchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBScalable analytics DBMS for sensor data, provided as a service (SaaS)
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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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
Score1.08
Rank#184  Overall
#85  Relational DBMS
Score2.28
Rank#115  Overall
#21  Document stores
Websitealasql.orgdrill.apache.orgwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.htmlpouchdb.comtempoiq.com (offline)
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldrill.apache.org/­docswww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.htmlpouchdb.com/­guides
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software FoundationOracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)Apache Software FoundationTempoIQ
Initial release20142012198420122012
Current release1.20.3, January 20237.4.1.1, 20217.1.1, June 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaScript
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
HP Open VMSserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)schema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesnoyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnonoyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantyesnono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC++JavaScriptC#
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersyesnoyesyes infoRealtime Alerts
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-lounge
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoyes, on a single nodenono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesDepending on the underlying data sourcenoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoDepending on the underlying data sourcenosimple authentication-based access control

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