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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Databricks vs. jBASE vs. MonetDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  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.A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareA relational database management system that stores data in columns
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Multivalue DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score78.61
Rank#15  Overall
#2  Document stores
#10  Relational DBMS
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#145  Overall
#67  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.databricks.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasewww.monetdb.org
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.databricks.comdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9www.monetdb.org/­Documentation
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffDatabricksRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)MonetDB BV
Initial release2014201319912004
Current release5.7Dec2023 (11.49), December 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedAIX
Linux
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)schema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenooptionalyes
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.noyesyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.with Databricks SQLEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensions
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptPython
R
Scala
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functions and aggregatesyesyes, in SQL, C, R
Triggersyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding via remote tables
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesyesnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental status
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDACID
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.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Specific characteristicsSupported database models : In addition to the Document store and Relational DBMS...
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