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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. EXASOL vs. ObjectBox vs. openGauss

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. EXASOL vs. ObjectBox vs. openGauss

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonEXASOL  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonopenGauss  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryHigh-performance, in-memory, MPP database specifically designed for in-memory analytics.Lightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsAn enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with high-performance, high-availability and high-performance originally developed by Huawei
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.42
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Score1.66
Rank#138  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Score1.08
Rank#179  Overall
#6  Object oriented DBMS
#9  Vector DBMS
Score1.11
Rank#175  Overall
#79  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.exasol.comgithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
gitee.com/­opengauss
opengauss.org
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.exasol.com/­resourcesdocs.objectbox.iodocs.opengauss.org/­en
gitee.com/­opengauss/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffExasolObjectBox LimitedHuawei and openGauss community
Initial release2014200020172019
Current release4.0 (May 2024)3.0, March 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaScriptC and C++C, C++, Java
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Android
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes, plus "flex" map-like typesyes
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
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesnoANSI SQL 2011
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript API.Net
JDBC
ODBC
WebSocket
Proprietary native APIJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJava
Lua
Python
R
C
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
C
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsnoyes
Triggersyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnonehorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlineSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoHadoop integrationnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDACID
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.yesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardyesAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard
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