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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Impala vs. BoltDB vs. Datomic vs. Heroic

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAnalytic DBMS for HadoopAn embedded key-value store for Go.Datomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityTime Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearch
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score1.59
Rank#150  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score0.51
Rank#255  Overall
#21  Time Series DBMS
Websitealasql.orgimpala.apache.orggithub.com/­boltdb/­boltwww.datomic.comgithub.com/­spotify/­heroic
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.datomic.comspotify.github.io/­heroic
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaCognitectSpotify
Initial release20142013201320122014
Current release4.1.0, June 20221.0.6735, June 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoMIT Licensecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++GoJava, ClojureJava
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VM
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesnoyesyes
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 indexesnoyesnoyesyes infovia Elasticsearch
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like DML and DDL statementsnonono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP APIHQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCGoClojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenoyes infoTransaction Functionsno
TriggersyesnonoBy using transaction functionsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factornonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReducenonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoyesACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnonoyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosnono

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