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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Databricks vs. GeoMesa vs. LeanXcale

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Databricks vs. GeoMesa vs. LeanXcale

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonLeanXcale  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryThe 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.GeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.A highly scalable full ACID SQL database with fast NoSQL data ingestion and GIS capabilities
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Spatial DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score81.08
Rank#15  Overall
#2  Document stores
#10  Relational DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.36
Rank#280  Overall
#40  Key-value stores
#129  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.databricks.comwww.geomesa.orgwww.leanxcale.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.databricks.comwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.html
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffDatabricksCCRi and othersLeanXcale
Initial release2014201320142015
Current release5.0.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptScala
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hosted
Data schemeschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes
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.noyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.with Databricks SQLnoyes infothrough Apache Derby
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
proprietary key/value interface
Spark Connector
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptPython
R
Scala
C
Java
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functions and aggregatesno
Triggersyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonedepending on storage layer
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesdepending on storage layer
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistencydepending on storage layerImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnodepending on storage layeryes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storage
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Specific characteristicsSupported database models : In addition to the Document store and Relational DBMS...
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