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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Blueflood vs. Datomic vs. GBase vs. Rockset

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonBlueflood  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryScalable TimeSeries DBMS based on CassandraDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityWidely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.A scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#353  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score1.59
Rank#150  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#185  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Websitealasql.orgblueflood.iowww.datomic.comwww.gbase.cnrockset.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlgithub.com/­rax-maas/­blueflood/­wikidocs.datomic.comdocs.rockset.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffRackspaceCognitectGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.Rockset
Initial release20142013201220042019
Current release1.0.6735, June 2023GBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infolimited edition freecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaJava, ClojureC, Java, PythonC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
All OS with a Java VMLinuxhosted
Data schemeschema-freepredefined schemeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesdynamic 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.nononoyesno 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.nonoStandard with numerous extensionsRead-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIHTTP RESTRESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptClojure
Java
C#Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyes infoTransaction Functionsuser defined functionsno
TriggersyesnoBy using transaction functionsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infobased on Cassandranone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peershorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandranone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersyesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes inforecommended only for testing and development
User concepts infoAccess controlnononoyesAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console

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