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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache Pinot vs. HarperDB vs. KeyDB vs. Trino

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Pinot vs. HarperDB vs. KeyDB vs. Trino

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Pinot  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonKeyDB  Xexclude from comparisonTrino  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryRealtime distributed OLAP datastore, designed to answer OLAP queries with low latencyUltra-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.An ultra-fast, open source Key-value store fully compatible with Redis API, modules, and protocolsFast distributed SQL query engine for big data analytics. Forked from Presto and originally named PrestoSQL
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument storeKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Key-value store
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Wide column store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.40
Rank#270  Overall
#125  Relational DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.71
Rank#226  Overall
#33  Key-value stores
Score5.00
Rank#66  Overall
#36  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgpinot.apache.orgwww.harperdb.iogithub.com/­Snapchat/­KeyDB
keydb.dev
trino.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.pinot.apache.orgdocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.keydb.devtrino.io/­broadcast
trino.io/­docs/­current
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterYouTubeGitHub
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software Foundation and contributorsHarperDBEQ Alpha Technology Ltd.Trino Software Foundation
Initial release20142015201720192012 info2020 rebranded from PrestoSQL
Current release1.0.0, September 20233.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoBSD-3Open Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaNode.jsC++Java
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java JDK11 or higherLinux
OS X
LinuxLinux
macOS infofor devlopment
Data schemeschema-freeyesdynamic schemaschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes infoJSON data typespartial infoSupported data types are strings, hashes, lists, sets and sorted sets, bit arrays, hyperloglogs and geospatial indexesyes
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
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infoby using the Redis Search moduledepending on connected data-source
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like query languageSQL-like data manipulation statementsnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBCJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
Proprietary protocol infoRESP - REdis Serialization ProtocoJDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Trino CLI
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptGo
Java
Python
.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
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Crystal
D
Dart
Elixir
Erlang
Fancy
Go
Haskell
Haxe
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Objective-C
OCaml
Pascal
Perl
PHP
Prolog
Pure Data
Python
R
Rebol
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Scheme
Smalltalk
Swift
Tcl
Visual Basic
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
R
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1Luayes, depending on connected data-source
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterShardingdepending on connected data-source
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
depending on connected data-source
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Strong eventual consistency with CRDTs
depending on connected data-source
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageAtomic execution of specific operationsOptimistic locking, atomic execution of commands blocks and scriptsdepending on connected data-source
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyes, using LMDByes infoConfigurable mechanisms for persistency via snapshots and/or operations logsdepending on connected data-source
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users and rolessimple password-based access control and ACLSQL standard access control
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AlaSQLApache PinotHarperDBKeyDBTrino
Specific characteristicsTrino is the fastest open source, massively parallel processing SQL query engine...
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Competitive advantagesHigh performance analtyics and data processing of very large data sets Powerful ANSI...
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Typical application scenariosPerformant analytics query engine for data warehouses, data lakes, and data lakehouses...
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Key customersTrino is widely adopted across the globe as freely-available open source software....
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Market metrics33000+ commits in GitHub 8200+ stargazers in GitHub 1200+ pull requests merged in...
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Licensing and pricing modelsTrino is an open source project and usage is therefore free. Commercial offerings...
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