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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. BoltDB vs. OpenSearch vs. SAP HANA vs. Valentina Server

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. BoltDB vs. OpenSearch vs. SAP HANA vs. Valentina Server

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonOpenSearch  Xexclude from comparisonSAP HANA  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAn embedded key-value store for Go.A distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine forked from Elasticsearch and based on Apache LuceneIn-memory, column based data store. Available as appliance or cloud serviceObject-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeSearch engineRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS infowith SAP Hana, Enterprise Edition
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score0.80
Rank#215  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score16.03
Rank#37  Overall
#4  Search engines
Score44.27
Rank#23  Overall
#16  Relational DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#325  Overall
#144  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orggithub.com/­boltdb/­boltgithub.com/­opensearch-project
opensearch.org
www.sap.com/­products/­hana.htmlwww.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlopensearch.org/­docs/­latesthelp.sap.com/­hanavalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAmazon Web ServicesSAPParadigma Software
Initial release20142013202120101999
Current release2.5.0, January 20232.0 SPS07 (April 4, 2023), April 20235.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono infoalso available as a cloud based serviceno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaScriptGoJava
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)BSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VMAppliance or cloud-serviceLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free infoFlexible type definitions. Once a type is defined, it is persistentyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyesyesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesnonoyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexedyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noSQL-like query languageyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJava API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
ODBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptGoGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby infoElasticsearch client
.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyesSQLScript, Ryes
Triggersyesnoyes infoby using the 'percolation' featureyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneyesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneEventual Consistency infoSynchronous doc based replication. Get by ID may show delays up to 1 sec. Configurable write consistency: one, quorum, allImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageyesnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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.yesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
AlaSQLBoltDBOpenSearchSAP HANAValentina Server
Specific characteristicsOpenSearch is a highly scalable and extensible open-source software suite for search,...
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Competitive advantagesDistributed as fully open source under Apache License, Version 2.0 (ALv2), OpenSearch...
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Typical application scenariosThe OpenSearch platform is used across a broad range of search , analytics, and observability...
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Licensing and pricing modelsThe OpenSearch Project offers open source software licensed under Apache License...
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