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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Databricks vs. PostGIS vs. SWC-DB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Databricks vs. PostGIS vs. SWC-DB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  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.Spatial extension of PostgreSQLA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Spatial DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSTime Series 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
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.01
Rank#376  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websitealasql.orgwww.databricks.compostgis.netgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.databricks.compostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffDatabricksAlex Kashirin
Initial release2014201320052020
Current release3.4.2, February 20240.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptCC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedLinux
Data schemeschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesschema-free
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.noyesyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.with Databricks SQLyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptPython
R
Scala
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functions and aggregatesuser defined functionsno
Triggersyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes infobased on PostgreSQLSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACID
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.yesnonono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyes infobased on PostgreSQL
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AlaSQLDatabricksPostGISSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database
Specific characteristicsSupported database models : In addition to the Document store and Relational DBMS...
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