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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache Impala vs. Rockset vs. SAP IQ

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Impala vs. Rockset vs. SAP IQ

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAnalytic DBMS for HadoopA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analytics
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS infocolumn-oriented
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
Search engine
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
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score2.64
Rank#108  Overall
#52  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgimpala.apache.orgrockset.comwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.html
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.rockset.comhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQ
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaRocksetSAP, formerly Sybase
Initial release2014201320191994
Current release4.1.0, June 202216.1 SPS04, April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxhostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesdynamic typingyes
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.nonono infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesnoyesall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like DML and DDL statementsRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
HTTP RESTADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenoyes
Triggersyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingAutomatic shardingshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexer
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factoryesSAP/Sybase Replication Server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReducenoHadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consolefine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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