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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache Druid vs. Datomic vs. OrigoDB vs. SWC-DB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Druid vs. Datomic vs. OrigoDB vs. SWC-DB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Wide column store
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score3.34
Rank#88  Overall
#48  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score1.59
Rank#150  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#53  Document stores
#20  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.01
Rank#376  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websitealasql.orgdruid.apache.orgwww.datomic.comorigodb.comgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designdocs.datomic.comorigodb.com/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software Foundation and contributorsCognitectRobert Friberg et alAlex Kashirin
Initial release2014201220122009 infounder the name LiveDB2020
Current release29.0.1, April 20241.0.6735, June 20230.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache license v2commercial infolimited edition freeOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaJava, ClojureC#C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Unix
All OS with a Java VMLinux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyes infoschema-less columns are supportedyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesUser defined using .NET types and collections
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.nononono infocan be achieved using .NETno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL for queryingnonoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP API.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Clojure
Java
.NetC++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyes infoTransaction Functionsyesno
TriggersyesnoBy using transaction functionsyes infoDomain Eventsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infomanual/auto, time-basednone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peershorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonodepending on model
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 datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yes infoWrite ahead logyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemnoRole based authorization

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