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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache Pinot vs. Geode vs. GeoMesa

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Pinot vs. Geode vs. GeoMesa

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Pinot  Xexclude from comparisonGeode  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryRealtime distributed OLAP datastore, designed to answer OLAP queries with low latencyGeode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processesGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value storeSpatial DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score0.38
Rank#275  Overall
#126  Relational DBMS
Score1.86
Rank#134  Overall
#24  Key-value stores
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Websitealasql.orgpinot.apache.orggeode.apache.orgwww.geomesa.org
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.pinot.apache.orggeode.apache.org/­docswww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.html
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software Foundation and contributorsOriginally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.CCRi and others
Initial release2014201520022014
Current release1.0.0, September 20231.1, February 20175.0.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as GemfireOpen Source infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaJavaScala
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java JDK11 or higherAll OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also required
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes
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 indexesnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like query languageSQL-like query language (OQL)no
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBCJava Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptGo
Java
Python
.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsno
Triggersyesyes infoCache Event Listenersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningShardingdepending on storage layer
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replicationdepending on storage layer
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistencydepending on storage layer
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageyes, on a single nodeno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesdepending on storage layer
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights per client and object definableyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storage

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