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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache IoTDB vs. InterSystems Caché vs. Kyligence Enterprise vs. SpatiaLite

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache IoTDB vs. InterSystems Caché vs. Kyligence Enterprise vs. SpatiaLite

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonKyligence Enterprise  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAn IoT native database with high performance for data management and analysis, deployable on the edge and the cloud and integrated with Hadoop, Spark and FlinkA multi-model DBMS and application serverA distributed analytics engine for big data, built on top of Apache KylinSpatial extension of SQLite
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score1.18
Rank#173  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Score0.40
Rank#269  Overall
#124  Relational DBMS
Score1.60
Rank#149  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Websitealasql.orgiotdb.apache.orgwww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachekyligence.io/­kyligence-enterprisewww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­index
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqliotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmldocs.intersystems.comwww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.html
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software FoundationInterSystemsKyligence, Inc.Alessandro Furieri
Initial release20142018199720162008
Current release1.1.0, April 20232018.1.4, May 20205.0.0, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialcommercialOpen Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaJavaC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linuxserver-less
Data schemeschema-freeyesdepending on used data modelyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes
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.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like query languageyesANSI SQL for queries (using Apache Calcite)yes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
Native API
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
C#
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesyesno
Triggersyesyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)nonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoIntegration with Hadoop and Sparknoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes
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 FileStorageyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyesAccess rights for users, groups and rolesno

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