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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache Pinot vs. H2 vs. Heroic vs. Rockset

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Pinot vs. H2 vs. Heroic vs. Rockset

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Pinot  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryRealtime distributed OLAP datastore, designed to answer OLAP queries with low latencyFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Time Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.42
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Score0.35
Rank#274  Overall
#128  Relational DBMS
Score7.57
Rank#47  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#335  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#180  Overall
#31  Document stores
Websitealasql.orgpinot.apache.orgwww.h2database.comgithub.com/­spotify/­heroicrockset.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.pinot.apache.orgwww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmlspotify.github.io/­heroicdocs.rockset.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software Foundation and contributorsThomas MuellerSpotifyRockset
Initial release20142015200520142019
Current release1.0.0, September 20232.2.220, July 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaJavaJavaC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java JDK11 or higherAll OS with a Java VMhosted
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesdynamic typing
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.nononono infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infovia Elasticsearchall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like query languageyesnoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBCJDBC
ODBC
HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptGo
Java
Python
JavaGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined Functionsnono
Triggersyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningnoneShardingAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databaseyesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
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.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console

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