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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. BigchainDB vs. jBASE vs. Spark SQL vs. Vertica

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. BigchainDB vs. jBASE vs. Spark SQL vs. Vertica

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparisonVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingCloud or off-cloud analytical database and query engine for structured and semi-structured streaming and batch data. Machine learning platform with built-in algorithms, data preparation capabilities, and model evaluation and management via SQL or Python.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document storeMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infoColumn oriented
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score18.96
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Score10.68
Rank#43  Overall
#27  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.bigchaindb.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasespark.apache.org/­sqlwww.vertica.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9spark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.htmlvertica.com/­documentation
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)Apache Software FoundationOpenText infopreviously Micro Focus and Hewlett Packard
Initial release20142016199120142005
Current release5.73.5.0 ( 2.13), September 202312.0.3, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infoLimited community edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono infoon-premises, all major clouds - Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and containers
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Implementation languageJavaScriptPythonScalaC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxAIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyesYes, but also semi-structure/unstructured data storage, and complex hierarchical data (like Parquet) stored and/or queried.
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonooptionalyesyes
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.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesnonoNo Indexes Required. Different internal optimization strategy, but same functionality included.
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICSQL-like DML and DDL statementsFull 1999 standard plus machine learning, time series and geospatial. Over 650 functions.
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APICLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spark Connector
vSQL infocharacter-based, interactive, front-end utility
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
Java
Python
R
Scala
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnoyes, PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL, with minor differences
Triggersyesyesnoyes, called Custom Alerts
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingyes, utilizing Spark Corehorizontal partitioning, hierarchical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factoryesnoneMulti-source replication infoOne, or more copies of data replicated across nodes, or object-store used for repository.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono infoBi-directional Spark integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononoyes
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 datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyesAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard; supports Kerberos, LDAP, Ident and hash
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AlaSQLBigchainDBjBASESpark SQLVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™
Specific characteristicsDeploy-anywhere database for large-scale analytical deployments. Deploy off-cloud,...
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Competitive advantagesFast, scalable, and capable of high concurrency. Separation of compute/storage leverages...
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Typical application scenariosCommunication and network analytics, Embedded analytics, Fraud monitoring and Risk...
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Key customersAbiba Systems, Adform, adMarketplace, AmeriPride, Anritsu, AOL, Avito, Auckland Transport,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsCost-based models and subscription-based models are both available. One license is...
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