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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. BigchainDB vs. MonetDB vs. PouchDB vs. SingleStore

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. BigchainDB vs. MonetDB vs. PouchDB vs. SingleStore

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsA relational database management system that stores data in columnsJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBMySQL wire-compliant distributed RDBMS that combines an in-memory row-oriented and a disc-based column-oriented storage with patented universal storage to handle transactional and analytical workloads in one single table type
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document storeRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score1.72
Rank#141  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Score2.34
Rank#112  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score5.38
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.bigchaindb.comwww.monetdb.orgpouchdb.comwww.singlestore.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationpouchdb.com/­guidesdocs.singlestore.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffMonetDB BVApache Software FoundationSingleStore Inc.
Initial release20142016200420122013
Current releaseDec2023 (11.49), December 20237.1.1, June 20198.5, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Sourcecommercial infofree developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptPythonCJavaScriptC++, Go
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux info64 bit version required
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyesnoyes
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 infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsnoyes infobut no triggers and foreign keys
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APICLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
JavaScriptBash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes, in SQL, C, RView functions in JavaScriptyes
Triggersyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding via remote tablesSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungeSharding infohash partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factornone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculations
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyes infoAll updates are persistent, including those to disk-based columnstores and memory-based row stores. Transaction commits are supported via write-ahead log.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoFine grained access control via users, groups and roles
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AlaSQLBigchainDBMonetDBPouchDBSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL
Specific characteristicsSingleStore offers a fully-managed , distributed, highly-scalable SQL database designed...
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Competitive advantagesSingleStore’s competitive advantages include: Easy and Simplified Architecture with...
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Typical application scenariosDriving Fast Analytics: SingleStore delivers the fastest and most scalable reporting...
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Key customersIEX Cloud : Improves Financial Data Distribution Speed 15x with Singlestore DB Comcast,...
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Market metricsCustomers in various industries worldwide including US and International Industry...
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Licensing and pricing modelsF ree Tier and Enterprise Edition
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