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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache Impala vs. Axibase vs. H2 vs. SQream DB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Impala vs. Axibase vs. H2 vs. SQream DB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonAxibase  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonSQream DB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAnalytic DBMS for HadoopScalable TimeSeries DBMS based on HBase with integrated rule engine and visualizationFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.a GPU-based, columnar RDBMS for big data analytics workloads
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeSpatial DBMS
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#292  Overall
#25  Time Series DBMS
Score8.13
Rank#49  Overall
#31  Relational DBMS
Score0.70
Rank#227  Overall
#104  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgimpala.apache.orgaxibase.com/­docs/­atsd/­financewww.h2database.comsqream.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmldocs.sqream.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaAxibase CorporationThomas MuellerSQream Technologies
Initial release20142013201320052017
Current release4.1.0, June 2022155852.2.220, July 20232022.1.6, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercial infoCommunity Edition (single node) is free, Enterprise Edition (distributed) is paidOpen Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++JavaJavaC++, CUDA, Haskell, Java, Scala
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxLinuxAll OS with a Java VMLinux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes infoshort, integer, long, float, double, decimal, stringyesyes, ANSI Standard SQL Types
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
Secondary indexesnoyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query languageyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
Proprietary protocol (Network API)
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCGo
Java
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
JavaC++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyesJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined Functionsuser defined functions in Python
Triggersyesnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingnonehorizontal and vertical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databasenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenonoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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