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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. EventStoreDB vs. Graphite vs. H2

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonEventStoreDB  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryIndustrial-strength, open-source database solution built from the ground up for event sourcing.Data logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Event StoreTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
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Score0.49
Rank#259  Overall
#40  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Score1.14
Rank#181  Overall
#1  Event Stores
Score4.75
Rank#75  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score8.22
Rank#50  Overall
#32  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.eventstore.comgithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webwww.h2database.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldevelopers.eventstore.comgraphite.readthedocs.iowww.h2database.com/­html/­main.html
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffEvent Store LimitedChris DavisThomas Mueller
Initial release2014201220062005
Current release21.2, February 20212.2.220, July 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptPythonJava
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Windows
Linux
Unix
All OS with a Java VM
Data schemeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoNumeric data onlyyes
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
Secondary indexesnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIHTTP API
Sockets
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined Functions
Triggersyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a database
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infolockingyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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