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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Databricks vs. H2 vs. RisingWave vs. XTDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonRisingWave  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  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.Full-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.A distributed RDBMS for stream processing, wire-compatible with PostgreSQLA general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
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Score0.42
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Score84.24
Rank#14  Overall
#2  Document stores
#9  Relational DBMS
Score7.57
Rank#47  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Score0.61
Rank#237  Overall
#111  Relational DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#330  Overall
#45  Document stores
Websitealasql.orgwww.databricks.comwww.h2database.comwww.risingwave.com/­databasegithub.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.databricks.comwww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmldocs.risingwave.com/­docs/­current/­introwww.xtdb.com/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffDatabricksThomas MuellerRisingWave LabsJuxt Ltd.
Initial release20142013200520222019
Current release2.2.220, July 20231.2, September 20231.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaRustClojure
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedAll OS with a Java VMDocker
Linux
macOS
All OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesStandard SQL-types and JSONyes, extensible-data-notation format
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.noyesnonono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.with Databricks SQLyesyeslimited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
HTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptPython
R
Scala
JavaGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Clojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functions and aggregatesJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined FunctionsUDFs in Python or Javano
Triggersyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databaseyes, each node contains all data
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesyes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers and Roles
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AlaSQLDatabricksH2RisingWaveXTDB infoformerly named Crux
Specific characteristicsSupported database models : In addition to the Document store and Relational DBMS...
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