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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. CockroachDB vs. Kingbase vs. ToroDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. CockroachDB vs. Kingbase vs. ToroDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonKingbase  Xexclude from comparisonToroDB  Xexclude from comparison
ToroDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
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.An enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with PostgreSQL and Oracle and widely used in China.A MongoDB-compatible JSON document store, built on top of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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
Score5.73
Rank#58  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score0.50
Rank#257  Overall
#119  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.cockroachlabs.comwww.kingbase.com.cngithub.com/­torodb/­server
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffCockroach LabsBeiJing KINGBASE Information technologies inc.8Kdata
Initial release2014201519992016
Current release24.1.0, May 2024V8.0, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoAGPL-V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptGoC and JavaJava
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Windows
All OS with a Java 7 VM
Data schemeschema-freedynamic schemayesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes infostring, integer, double, boolean, date, object_id
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLStandard with numerous extensions
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBCADO.NET
gokb
JDBC
kdbndp
ODBC
PDI
PDO
Pro*C
psycopg2
QT
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functions
Triggersyesnoyesno
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 RAFThorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication using RAFTyesSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDno
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.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRole-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and roles

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