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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Coveo vs. Databricks vs. LeanXcale vs. YugabyteDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonCoveo  Xexclude from comparisonDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonLeanXcale  Xexclude from comparisonYugabyteDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAI-powered hosted search, recommendation and personalization platform providing tools for both low-code and full-code developmentThe Databricks Lakehouse Platform combines elements of data lakes and data warehouses to provide a unified view onto structured and unstructured data. It is based on Apache Spark.A highly scalable full ACID SQL database with fast NoSQL data ingestion and GIS capabilitiesHigh-performance distributed SQL database for global, internet-scale applications. Wire and feature compatible with PostgreSQL.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Search engineDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Wide column store
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score2.11
Rank#118  Overall
#11  Search engines
Score81.08
Rank#15  Overall
#2  Document stores
#10  Relational DBMS
Score0.36
Rank#280  Overall
#40  Key-value stores
#129  Relational DBMS
Score2.63
Rank#109  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.coveo.comwww.databricks.comwww.leanxcale.comwww.yugabyte.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.coveo.comdocs.databricks.comdocs.yugabyte.com
github.com/­yugabyte/­yugabyte-db
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffCoveoDatabricksLeanXcaleYugabyte Inc.
Initial release20142012201320152017
Current release2.19, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC and C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedhostedLinux
OS X
Data schemeschema-freehybrid - fields need to be configured prior to indexing, but relationships can be exploited at query time without pre-configurationFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesdepending on used data model
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes
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 indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nowith Databricks SQLyes infothrough Apache Derbyyes, PostgreSQL compatible
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIRESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
proprietary key/value interface
Spark Connector
JDBC
YCQL, an SQL-based flexible-schema API with its roots in Cassandra Query Language
YSQL - a fully relational SQL API that is wire compatible with the SQL language in PostgreSQL
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
Java
JavaScript
Python
Python
R
Scala
C
Java
Scala
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functions and aggregatesyes infosql, plpgsql, C
Triggersyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyesHash and Range Sharding, row-level geo-partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesyesBased on Raft distributed consensus protocol, minimum 3 replicas for continuous availability
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyStrong consistency on writes and tunable consistency on reads
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageyesACIDACIDDistributed ACID with Serializable & Snapshot Isolation. Inspired by Google Spanner architecture.
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesyes infobased on RocksDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnogranular access controls, API key management, content filtersyes
More information provided by the system vendor
AlaSQLCoveoDatabricksLeanXcaleYugabyteDB
Specific characteristicsSupported database models : In addition to the Document store and Relational DBMS...
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YugabyteDB is an open source distributed SQL database for cloud native transactional...
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Competitive advantagesPostgreSQL compatible: Get instantly productive with a PostgreSQL compatible RDBMS....
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Typical application scenariosSystems of record and engagement for cloud native applications that require resilience,...
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Market metrics2 Million+ lifetime clusters deployed, 6.5K+ GitHub stars, 7K YugabyteDB Community...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache 2.0 license for the database
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