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

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

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSiriDB  Xexclude from comparisonTempoIQ infoformerly TempoDB  Xexclude from comparison
TempoIQ seems to be decommissioned. It will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBOpen Source Time Series DBMSScalable analytics DBMS for sensor data, provided as a service (SaaS)
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMSTime 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
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.07
Rank#378  Overall
#42  Time Series DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.datomic.comrockset.comsiridb.comtempoiq.com (offline)
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.datomic.comdocs.rockset.comdocs.siridb.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffCognitectRocksetCesbitTempoIQ
Initial release20142012201920172012
Current release1.0.7075, December 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infolimited edition freecommercialOpen Source infoMIT Licensecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnoyes
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJava, ClojureC++C
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VMhostedLinux
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesdynamic typingyes infoNumeric datayes
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.nonono infoingestion from XML files supportednono
Secondary indexesnoyesall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsnono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIRESTful HTTP APIHTTP RESTHTTP APIHTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptClojure
Java
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
C#
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoTransaction Functionsnonono
TriggersyesBy using transaction functionsnonoyes infoRealtime Alerts
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersAutomatic shardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersyesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate 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-storageACIDnonono
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 developmentyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consolesimple rights management via user accountssimple authentication-based access control

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