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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Axibase vs. GeoMesa vs. Rockset vs. SiteWhere

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAxibase  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryScalable TimeSeries DBMS based on HBase with integrated rule engine and visualizationGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.A scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series data
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSSpatial DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#292  Overall
#25  Time Series DBMS
Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.06
Rank#356  Overall
#35  Time Series DBMS
Websitealasql.orgaxibase.com/­docs/­atsd/­financewww.geomesa.orgrockset.comgithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewhere
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmldocs.rockset.comsitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.html
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAxibase CorporationCCRi and othersRocksetSiteWhere
Initial release20142013201420192010
Current release155854.0.5, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infoCommunity Edition (single node) is free, Enterprise Edition (distributed) is paidOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercialOpen Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaScalaC++Java
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxhostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freepredefined scheme
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes infoshort, integer, long, float, double, decimal, stringyesdynamic typingyes
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 supportedno
Secondary indexesnonoyesall fields are automatically indexedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like query languagenoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
Proprietary protocol (Network API)
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP RESTHTTP REST
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptGo
Java
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnono
Triggersyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingdepending on storage layerAutomatic shardingSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationdepending on storage layeryesselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonedepending on storage layerEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenononono
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.yesdepending on storage layerno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleUsers with fine-grained authorization concept

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