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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Databend vs. eXtremeDB vs. H2 vs. IBM Db2

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDatabend  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAn open-source, elastic, and workload-aware cloud data warehouse designed to meet businesses' massive-scale analytics needs at low cost and with low complexityNatively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Common in IBM host environments, 2 different versions for host and Windows/Linux
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS infoSince Version 10.5 support for JSON/BSON documents compatible with MongoDB
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSDocument store
RDF store infoin Db2 LUW (Linux, Unix, Windows)
Spatial DBMS infowith Db2 Spatial Extender
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score0.34
Rank#283  Overall
#130  Relational DBMS
Score0.80
Rank#214  Overall
#99  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score8.33
Rank#46  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Score125.90
Rank#9  Overall
#6  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orggithub.com/­datafuselabs/­databend
www.databend.com
www.mcobject.comwww.h2database.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.databend.comwww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmwww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmlwww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffDatabend LabsMcObjectThomas MuellerIBM
Initial release20142021200120051983 infohost version
Current release1.0.59, April 20238.2, 20212.2.220, July 202312.1, October 2016
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)commercial infofree version is available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptRustC and C++JavaC and C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hosted
Linux
macOS
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VMAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes
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 infosupport of XML interfaces availableno
Secondary indexesnonoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APICLI Client
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
JSON style queries infoMongoDB compatible
ODBC
XQuery
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
JavaC
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Visual Basic
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyesJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined Functionsyes
Triggersyesnoyes infoby defining eventsyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonehorizontal partitioning / shardingnoneSharding infoonly with Windows/Unix/Linux Version
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneActive Replication Fabric™ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
With clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databaseyes infowith separate tools (MQ, InfoSphere)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageyesACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
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.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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AlaSQLDatabendeXtremeDBH2IBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2
Specific characteristicseXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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Competitive advantageseXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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Typical application scenariosIoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
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Key customersSchneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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Market metricsWith hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
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Licensing and pricing modelsFor server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
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