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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Databricks vs. NSDb vs. SpaceTime

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Databricks vs. NSDb vs. SpaceTime

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonNSDb  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  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.Scalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of KubernetesSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational 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
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#40  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.databricks.comnsdb.iowww.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.databricks.comnsdb.io/­Architecture
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffDatabricksMireo
Initial release2014201320172020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJava, ScalaC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedLinux
macOS
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes: int, bigint, decimal, stringyes
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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesnoyesall fields are automatically indexedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.with Databricks SQLSQL-like query languageA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
gRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptPython
R
Scala
Java
Scala
C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functions and aggregatesnono
Triggersyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesReal-time block device replication (DRBD)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesUsing Apache Luceneyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyes
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Specific characteristicsSupported database models : In addition to the Document store and Relational DBMS...
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