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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. CockroachDB vs. GridGain vs. Speedb vs. WakandaDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonSpeedb  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryCockroachDB is a distributed database architected for modern cloud applications. It is wire compatible with PostgreSQL and backed by a Key-Value Store, which is either RocksDB or a purpose-built derivative, called Pebble.GridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache IgniteAn embeddable, high performance key-value store optimized for write-intensive workloads, which can be used as a drop-in replacement for RocksDBWakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeObject oriented DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score5.73
Rank#58  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score1.55
Rank#150  Overall
#26  Key-value stores
#70  Relational DBMS
Score0.26
Rank#310  Overall
#45  Key-value stores
Score0.10
Rank#356  Overall
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.cockroachlabs.comwww.gridgain.comwww.speedb.iowakanda.github.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docswww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmlwakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffCockroach LabsGridGain Systems, Inc.SpeedbWakanda SAS
Initial release20142015200720202012
Current release24.1.0, May 2024GridGain 8.5.12.7.0 (April 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0; commercial license availableOpen Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptGoJava, C++, .NetC++C++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freedynamic schemayesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesnoyes
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 indexesnoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLnono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBCHDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)noyes
Triggersyesnoyes (cache interceptors and events)yes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning (by key range) infoall tables are translated to an ordered KV store and then broken down into 64MB ranges, which are then used as replicas in RAFTShardinghorizontal partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication using RAFTyes (replicated cache)yesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)nono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDyesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.yesnoyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRole-based access controlSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsnoyes
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AlaSQLCockroachDBGridGainSpeedbWakandaDB
Specific characteristicsSpeedb is an embedded key-value storage engine for versatile use cases. It was designed...
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Competitive advantagesSpeedb Open-source rebases on RocksDB's latest versions, with enhanced capabilities...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source - Speedb OSS is released under an Apache license and can be found on...
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