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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Datomic vs. Oracle Coherence vs. Quasardb vs. Rockset

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Datomic vs. Oracle Coherence vs. Quasardb vs. Rockset

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Coherence  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityOracles in-memory data grid solutionDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value storeTime Series DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score1.59
Rank#150  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score1.92
Rank#130  Overall
#22  Key-value stores
Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Websitealasql.orgwww.datomic.comwww.oracle.com/­java/­coherencequasar.airockset.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.datomic.comdocs.oracle.com/­en/­middleware/­standalone/­coherencedoc.quasar.ai/­masterdocs.rockset.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffCognitectOraclequasardbRockset
Initial release20142012200720092019
Current release1.0.6735, June 202314.1, August 20233.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infolimited edition freecommercialcommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensescommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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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 VMBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
hosted
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes infointeger and binarydynamic 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 indexesnoyesnoyes infowith tagsall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nonoSQL-like query languageRead-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIRESTful HTTP APIJCache
JPA
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP APIHTTP REST
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptClojure
Java
.Net
C++
Java
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoTransaction Functionsnonono
TriggersyesBy using transaction functionsyes infoLive Eventsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersShardingSharding infoconsistent hashingAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersyes, with selectable consistency levelSource-replica replication with selectable replication factoryes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononowith Hadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate 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-storageACIDconfigurableACIDno
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)yes infooptionallyyes infoby using LevelDByes
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 infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoauthentification to access the cache via certificates or http basic authenticationCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console

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