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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Brytlyt vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. PieCloudDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Brytlyt vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. PieCloudDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonBrytlyt  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonPieCloudDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryScalable GPU-accelerated RDBMS for very fast analytic and streaming workloads, leveraging PostgreSQLDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerA cloud-native analytic database platform with new technologoy for elastic MPP
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.42
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Score0.27
Rank#292  Overall
#132  Relational DBMS
Score72.95
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score0.37
Rank#271  Overall
#127  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgbrytlyt.ioazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasewww.openpie.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.brytlyt.iodocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sql
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffBrytlytMicrosoftOpenPie
Initial release201420162010
Current release5.0, August 2023V122.1, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesyes
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaScriptC, C++ and CUDAC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedhosted
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes
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.noyes infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.yes
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
Python
Tcl
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java
PL/SQL
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functions infoin PL/pgSQLTransact SQLuser defined functions
Triggersyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationyes, with always 3 replicas availableyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUser Roles and pluggable authentication with full SQL Standard
More information provided by the system vendor
AlaSQLBrytlytMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL AzurePieCloudDB
Specific characteristicsPieCloudDB, OpenPie's flagship product, is a cutting-edge cloud-native data warehouse....
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Competitive advantagesExtreme Elastic: PieCloudDB utilizes a cutting-edge eMPP cloud-native architecture...
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Typical application scenariosPieCloudDB is ideal for Data mining applications that require extreme scalability...
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Key customersSail-Cloud China Shipbuilding Group Haizhou System Soochow Securities ​etc.,
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Licensing and pricing modelsPieCloudDB Community Edition: Community License, Free Download, Self-Hosted Deployment;...
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