DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Cubrid vs. MaxDB vs. mSQL vs. Sadas Engine

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Cubrid vs. MaxDB vs. mSQL vs. Sadas Engine

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Name

Description

JavaScript DBMS library

CUBRID is an open-source SQL-based relational database management system with object extensions for OLTP

A robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutions

mSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMS

SADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environments

Primary database model

Document store
Relational DBMS

Relational DBMS

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Score	0.46
Rank	#260	Overall
	#40	Document stores
	#121	Relational DBMS

Score	1.20
Rank	#169	Overall
	#78	Relational DBMS

Score	2.32
Rank	#112	Overall
	#55	Relational DBMS

Score	1.27
Rank	#167	Overall
	#77	Relational DBMS

Score	0.00
Rank	#383	Overall
	#158	Relational DBMS

Website

alasql.org

cubrid.com (korean)
cubrid.org (english)

maxdb.sap.com

hughestech.com.au/products/msql

www.sadasengine.com

Technical documentation

github.com/AlaSQL/alasql

cubrid.org/manuals

maxdb.sap.com/documentation

www.sadasengine.com/en/sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/#documentation

Developer

Andrey Gershun & Mathias R. Wulff

CUBRID Corporation, CUBRID Foundation

SAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997

Hughes Technologies

SADAS s.r.l.

Initial release

2014

2008

1984

1994

2006

Current release

11.0, January 2021

7.9.10.12, February 2024

4.4, October 2021

8.0

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

MIT-License

Open Source

Apache Version 2.0

commercial

Limited community edition free

commercial

free licenses can be provided

commercial

free trial version available

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

DBaaS offerings (sponsored links)

Database as a Service

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Implementation language

JavaScript

C, C++, Java

C++

Server operating systems

server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)

Linux
Windows

AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows

AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows

AIX
Linux
Windows

Data scheme

schema-free

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

Close to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.

yes

A subset of ANSI SQL is implemented

no subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggers

yes

APIs and other access methods

JavaScript API

ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB

ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV

JDBC
ODBC

JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol

Supported programming languages

JavaScript

C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby

.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python

C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl

.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

Java Stored Procedures

yes

Triggers

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

horizontal partitioning

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

none

Source-replica replication

none

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

none

Immediate Consistency

none

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

yes

only for local storage and DOM-storage

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

by using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorage

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

managed by 'Learn by Usage'

User concepts

Access control

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

Access rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard

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