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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Phoenix vs. Derby vs. GeoMesa vs. SingleStore

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Phoenix  Xexclude from comparisonDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryA scale-out RDBMS with evolutionary schema built on Apache HBaseFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.GeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.MySQL wire-compliant distributed RDBMS that combines an in-memory row-oriented and a disc-based column-oriented storage with patented universal storage to handle transactional and analytical workloads in one single table type
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score2.06
Rank#123  Overall
#58  Relational DBMS
Score4.60
Rank#70  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score5.38
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgphoenix.apache.orgdb.apache.org/­derbywww.geomesa.orgwww.singlestore.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlphoenix.apache.orgdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmldocs.singlestore.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software FoundationApache Software FoundationCCRi and othersSingleStore Inc.
Initial release20142014199720142013
Current release5.0-HBase2, July 2018 and 4.15-HBase1, December 201910.17.1.0, November 20235.0.0, May 20248.5, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache License 2.0commercial infofree developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaJavaScalaC++, Go
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Unix
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux info64 bit version required
Data schemeschema-freeyes infolate-bound, schema-on-read capabilitiesyesyesyes
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.yesyesnoyes infobut no triggers and foreign keys
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBCJDBCCluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
C#
C++
Go
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
JavaBash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsJava Stored Proceduresnoyes
Triggersyesnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnonedepending on storage layerSharding infohash partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replicationdepending on storage layerSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoHadoop integrationnoyesno infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculations
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistencydepending on storage layerImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesyes infoAll updates are persistent, including those to disk-based columnstores and memory-based row stores. Transaction commits are supported via write-ahead log.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesdepending on storage layeryes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess Control Lists (using HBase ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC, multi-tenancyfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageFine grained access control via users, groups and roles
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AlaSQLApache PhoenixDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDBGeoMesaSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL
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