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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. EsgynDB vs. InterSystems Caché vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. PostgreSQL

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. EsgynDB vs. InterSystems Caché vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. PostgreSQL

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonPostgreSQL  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 libraryEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionA multi-model DBMS and application serverSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentWidely used open source RDBMS infoDeveloped as objectoriented DBMS (Postgres), gradually enhanced with 'standards' like SQL
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Search engineRelational DBMS infowith object oriented extensions, e.g.: user defined types/functions and inheritance. Handling of key/value pairs with hstore module.
Secondary database modelsDocument storeVector DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS infowith Apache Age
Spatial DBMS
Vector DBMS infowith pgvector extension
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.16
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score5.59
Rank#63  Overall
#7  Search engines
Score645.54
Rank#4  Overall
#4  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.esgyn.cnwww.intersystems.com/­products/­cacheazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchwww.postgresql.org
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.intersystems.comlearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchwww.postgresql.org/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffEsgynInterSystemsMicrosoftPostgreSQL Global Development Group infowww.postgresql.org/­developer
Initial release20142015199720151989 info1989: Postgres, 1996: PostgreSQL
Current release2018.1.4, May 2020V116.3, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoBSD
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++, JavaC
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hostedFreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
NetBSD
OpenBSD
OS X
Solaris
Unix
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesdepending on used data modelyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes
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.nonoyesnoyes infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesyesnoyes infostandard with numerous extensions
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetC#
C++
Java
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java infoJDBC
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava Stored Proceduresyesnouser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.
Triggersyesnoyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicepartitioning by range, list and (since PostgreSQL 11) by hash
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication between multi datacentersSource-replica replicationyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSource-replica replication infoother methods possible by using 3rd party extensions
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDnoACID
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.yesnoyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and rolesyes infousing Azure authenticationfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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