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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache IoTDB vs. Kinetica vs. UniData,UniVerse

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonUniData,UniVerse  Xexclude from comparison
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 FlinkFully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsMultiValue database and application server with SQL mapping layer and meta database capabilities
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score1.18
Rank#173  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Score0.64
Rank#236  Overall
#109  Relational DBMS
Score3.16
Rank#97  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Websitealasql.orgiotdb.apache.orgwww.kinetica.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-unidata
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqliotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmldocs.kinetica.comdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?cluster=true&labelkey=unidata&labelkey=prod_unidata
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software FoundationKineticaRocket Software
Initial release2014201820121985
Current release1.1.0, April 20237.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaC, C++C
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)LinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesoptional
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
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like query languageSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
Native API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Java API infoJPA
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
Basic infoU2 Basic
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesuser defined functionsyes
Triggersyesyesyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangeyes infoU2 Basic
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)Shardingnone
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 replicationSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoIntegration with Hadoop and Sparknono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenonoACID infoconfigurable
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.yesyesyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAM
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyesAccess rights for users and roles on table levelAccess rights according to SQL-standard and operating system based

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