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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache Impala vs. HarperDB vs. Manticore Search

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Impala vs. HarperDB vs. Manticore Search

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAnalytic DBMS for HadoopUltra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.Multi-storage database for search, including full-text search.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument storeSearch engine
Secondary database modelsDocument storeTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar Library
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.29
Rank#302  Overall
#21  Search engines
Websitealasql.orgimpala.apache.orgwww.harperdb.iomanticoresearch.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.harperdb.io/­docsmanual.manticoresearch.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaHarperDBManticore Software
Initial release2014201320172017
Current release4.1.0, June 20223.1, August 20216.0, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoGPL version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++Node.jsC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxLinux
OS X
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesdynamic schemaFixed schema
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes infoJSON data typesInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Boolean
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.nononoCan index from XML
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like data manipulation statementsSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
Binary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceCustom Functions infosince release 3.1user defined functions
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factoryes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedSynchronous replication based on Galera library
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReducenono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoAtomic execution of specific operationsyes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes, using LMDByes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.
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 KerberosAccess rights for users and rolesno

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