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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache Pinot vs. Brytlyt vs. HarperDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Pinot vs. Brytlyt vs. HarperDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Pinot  Xexclude from comparisonBrytlyt  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryRealtime distributed OLAP datastore, designed to answer OLAP queries with low latencyScalable GPU-accelerated RDBMS for very fast analytic and streaming workloads, leveraging PostgreSQLUltra-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.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score0.38
Rank#275  Overall
#126  Relational DBMS
Score0.38
Rank#276  Overall
#127  Relational DBMS
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Websitealasql.orgpinot.apache.orgbrytlyt.iowww.harperdb.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.pinot.apache.orgdocs.brytlyt.iodocs.harperdb.io/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software Foundation and contributorsBrytlytHarperDB
Initial release2014201520162017
Current release1.0.0, September 20235.0, August 20233.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialcommercial infofree community edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaC, C++ and CUDANode.js
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java JDK11 or higherLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesdynamic schema
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes infoJSON data types
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.noyes infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.no
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like query languageyesSQL-like data manipulation statements
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBCADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptGo
Java
Python
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
Python
Tcl
.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
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functions infoin PL/pgSQLCustom Functions infosince release 3.1
Triggersyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a cluster
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be defined
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDAtomic execution of specific operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes, using LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and roles

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