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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Datomic vs. Geode vs. Rockset vs. SiriDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Datomic vs. Geode vs. Rockset vs. SiriDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonGeode  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSiriDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityGeode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processesA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBOpen Source Time Series DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value storeDocument storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score1.66
Rank#144  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score1.86
Rank#134  Overall
#24  Key-value stores
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.07
Rank#378  Overall
#42  Time Series DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.datomic.comgeode.apache.orgrockset.comsiridb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.datomic.comgeode.apache.org/­docsdocs.rockset.comdocs.siridb.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffCognitectOriginally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.RocksetCesbit
Initial release20142012200220192017
Current release1.0.6735, June 20231.1, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as GemfirecommercialOpen Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJava, ClojureJavaC++C
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredhostedLinux
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesdynamic typingyes infoNumeric data
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.nononono infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesnoyesnoall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noSQL-like query language (OQL)Read-only SQL queries, including JOINsno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIRESTful HTTP APIJava Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP RESTHTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptClojure
Java
.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoTransaction Functionsuser defined functionsnono
TriggersyesBy using transaction functionsyes infoCache Event Listenersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersShardingAutomatic shardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersMulti-source replicationyesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDyes, on a single nodenono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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 developmentyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoAccess rights per client and object definableAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consolesimple rights management via user accounts

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