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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Datomic vs. GeoSpock vs. H2 vs. Rockset

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Datomic vs. GeoSpock vs. H2 vs. Rockset

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparison
GeoSpock seems to be discontinued. Therefore it will be excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilitySpatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scaleFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.A scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score0.49
Rank#259  Overall
#40  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Score1.76
Rank#145  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score8.22
Rank#50  Overall
#32  Relational DBMS
Score0.84
Rank#209  Overall
#35  Document stores
Websitealasql.orgwww.datomic.comgeospock.comwww.h2database.comrockset.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.datomic.comwww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmldocs.rockset.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffCognitectGeoSpockThomas MuellerRockset
Initial release2014201220052019
Current release1.0.6735, June 20232.0, September 20192.2.220, July 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infolimited edition freecommercialOpen Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnoyes
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJava, ClojureJava, JavascriptJavaC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VMhostedAll OS with a Java VMhosted
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesdynamic typing
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.nonononono infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesnoyestemporal, categoricalyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)yesRead-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIRESTful HTTP APIJDBCJDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptClojure
Java
JavaGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoTransaction FunctionsnoJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined Functionsno
TriggersyesBy using transaction functionsnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersAutomatic shardingnoneAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databaseyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoAccess rights for users can be defined per tablefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console

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