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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Axibase vs. Coveo vs. GridDB vs. Rockset

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAxibase  Xexclude from comparisonCoveo  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryScalable TimeSeries DBMS based on HBase with integrated rule engine and visualizationAI-powered hosted search, recommendation and personalization platform providing tools for both low-code and full-code developmentScalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSSearch engineTime Series DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#292  Overall
#25  Time Series DBMS
Score2.28
Rank#114  Overall
#11  Search engines
Score1.95
Rank#128  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Websitealasql.orgaxibase.com/­docs/­atsd/­financewww.coveo.comgriddb.netrockset.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.coveo.comdocs.griddb.netdocs.rockset.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAxibase CorporationCoveoToshiba CorporationRockset
Initial release20142013201220132019
Current release155855.1, August 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infoCommunity Edition (single node) is free, Enterprise Edition (distributed) is paidcommercialOpen Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnoyes
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaC++C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxhostedLinuxhosted
Data schemeschema-freeyeshybrid - fields need to be configured prior to indexing, but relationships can be exploited at query time without pre-configurationyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes infoshort, integer, long, float, double, decimal, stringyesyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampdynamic 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.nonononono infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesnonoyesyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like query languagenoSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)Read-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
Proprietary protocol (Network API)
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptGo
Java
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnonono
Triggersyesyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingyesShardingAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationyesSource-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnoConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoyesACID at container levelno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnogranular access controls, API key management, content filtersAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console
More information provided by the system vendor
AlaSQLAxibaseCoveoGridDBRockset
Specific characteristicsGridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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Competitive advantages1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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Typical application scenariosFactory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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Key customersDenso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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Market metricsGitHub trending repository
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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