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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. DolphinDB vs. InterSystems Caché vs. jBASE vs. ScyllaDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. DolphinDB vs. InterSystems Caché vs. jBASE vs. ScyllaDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDolphinDB  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryDolphinDB is a high performance Time Series DBMS. It is integrated with an easy-to-use fully featured programming language and a high-volume high-velocity streaming analytics system. It offers operational simplicity, scalability, fault tolerance, and concurrency.A multi-model DBMS and application serverA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column store
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Multivalue DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument storeKey-value store
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score4.13
Rank#80  Overall
#6  Time Series DBMS
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score4.75
Rank#68  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Websitealasql.orgwww.dolphindb.comwww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachewww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasewww.scylladb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.dolphindb.cn/­en/­help200/­index.htmldocs.intersystems.comdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9docs.scylladb.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffDolphinDB, IncInterSystemsRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)ScyllaDB
Initial release20142018199719912015
Current releasev2.00.4, January 20222018.1.4, May 20205.7ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infofree community version availablecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Windows
AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesdepending on used data modelschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesoptionalyes
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.nonoyesyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes infocluster global secondary indices
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like query languageyesEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
JSON over HTTP
Kafka
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
OPC DA
OPC UA
RabbitMQ
WebSocket
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
MatLab
Python
R
Rust
C#
C++
Java
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
For CQL interface: C#, C++, Clojure, Erlang, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala
For DynamoDB interface: .Net, ColdFusion, Erlang, Groovy, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesyesyesyes, Lua
Triggersyesnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningnoneShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesSource-replica replicationyesselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possible
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageyesACIDACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyesyes infoin-memory tables
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAdministrators, Users, GroupsAccess rights for users, groups and rolesAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelAccess rights for users can be defined per object
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AlaSQLDolphinDBInterSystems CachéjBASEScyllaDB
Specific characteristicsScyllaDB is engineered to deliver predictable performance at scale. It’s adopted...
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Competitive advantagesHighly-performant (efficiently utilizes full resources of a node and network; millions...
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Typical application scenariosScyllaDB is ideal for applications that require high throughput and low latency at...
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Key customersDiscord, Epic Games, Expedia, Zillow, Comcast, Disney+ Hotstar, Samsung, ShareChat,...
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Market metricsScyllaDB typically offers ~75% total cost of ownership savings, with ~5X higher throughput...
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Licensing and pricing modelsScyllaDB Open Source - free open source software (AGPL) ScyllaDB Enterprise - subscription-based...
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