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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. DolphinDB vs. jBASE vs. Vertica

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. DolphinDB vs. jBASE vs. Vertica

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDolphinDB  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™  Xexclude from comparison
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 robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareCloud or off-cloud analytical database and query engine for structured and semi-structured streaming and batch data. Machine learning platform with built-in algorithms, data preparation capabilities, and model evaluation and management via SQL or Python.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMS infoColumn oriented
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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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
Score10.68
Rank#43  Overall
#27  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.dolphindb.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasewww.vertica.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.dolphindb.cn/­en/­help200/­index.htmldocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9vertica.com/­documentation
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffDolphinDB, IncRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)OpenText infopreviously Micro Focus and Hewlett Packard
Initial release2014201819912005
Current releasev2.00.4, January 20225.712.0.3, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infofree community version availablecommercialcommercial infoLimited community edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono infoon-premises, all major clouds - Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and containers
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeYes, but also semi-structure/unstructured data storage, and complex hierarchical data (like Parquet) stored and/or queried.
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesoptionalyes
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesNo Indexes Required. Different internal optimization strategy, but same functionality included.
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like query languageEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICFull 1999 standard plus machine learning, time series and geospatial. Over 650 functions.
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
JSON over HTTP
Kafka
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
OPC DA
OPC UA
RabbitMQ
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
ADO.NET
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spark Connector
vSQL infocharacter-based, interactive, front-end utility
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
MatLab
Python
R
Rust
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesyesyes, PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL, with minor differences
Triggersyesnoyesyes, called Custom Alerts
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningShardinghorizontal partitioning, hierarchical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesyesMulti-source replication infoOne, or more copies of data replicated across nodes, or object-store used for repository.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono infoBi-directional Spark integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageyesACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAdministrators, Users, GroupsAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard; supports Kerberos, LDAP, Ident and hash
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AlaSQLDolphinDBjBASEVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™
Specific characteristicsDeploy-anywhere database for large-scale analytical deployments. Deploy off-cloud,...
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Competitive advantagesFast, scalable, and capable of high concurrency. Separation of compute/storage leverages...
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Typical application scenariosCommunication and network analytics, Embedded analytics, Fraud monitoring and Risk...
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Key customersAbiba Systems, Adform, adMarketplace, AmeriPride, Anritsu, AOL, Avito, Auckland Transport,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsCost-based models and subscription-based models are both available. One license is...
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