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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. CockroachDB vs. jBASE vs. Rockset vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. CockroachDB vs. jBASE vs. Rockset vs. SwayDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  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.A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSMultivalue DBMSDocument storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score6.15
Rank#55  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.00
Rank#382  Overall
#59  Key-value stores
Websitealasql.orgwww.cockroachlabs.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbaserockset.comswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9docs.rockset.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffCockroach LabsRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)RocksetSimer Plaha
Initial release20142015199120192018
Current release24.1.0, May 20245.7
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScriptGoC++Scala
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
macOS
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
hosted
Data schemeschema-freedynamic schemaschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesoptionaldynamic typingno
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 infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesnoyesall fields are automatically indexedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBCJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyesnono
Triggersyesnoyesnono
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 RAFTShardingAutomatic shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication using RAFTyesyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDnoAtomic execution of operations
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.yesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRole-based access controlAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleno

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