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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. DataFS vs. Firebird vs. Rockset vs. STSdb

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. DataFS vs. Firebird vs. Rockset vs. STSdb

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonFirebird  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAll data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.Firebird is an open source RDBMS forked from Borland's InterBaseA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Object oriented DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMSRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#354  Overall
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Score20.82
Rank#30  Overall
#18  Relational DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Websitealasql.orgnewdatabase.comwww.firebirdsql.orgrockset.comgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspwww.firebirdsql.org/­en/­reference-manualsdocs.rockset.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffMobiland AGFirebird FoundationRocksetSTS Soft SC
Initial release201420182000 infoAs fork of Borland's InterBase20192011
Current release1.1.263, October 20225.0.0, January 20244.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoInitial Developer's Public LicensecommercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC and C++C++C#
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)WindowsAIX
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
server-less infoFirebird Embedded Server
Solaris
Unix
Windows
hostedWindows
Data schemeschema-freeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)yesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesdynamic typingyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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.nonono infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesnonoyesall fields are automatically indexedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noyesRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript API.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
ADO.NET
C/C++ API
JDBC infoJaybird
ODBC
OLE DB
HTTP REST.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoPSQLnono
Triggersyesno, except callback-events from server when changes happenedyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneProprietary Sharding systemnoneAutomatic shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoFeatures a multi-generational MVCC architecture, readers do not block writersyesyes
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.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoWindows-ProfileUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleno

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