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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. FeatureBase vs. HarperDB vs. Infobright

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. FeatureBase vs. HarperDB vs. Infobright

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonFeatureBase  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonInfobright  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryReal-time database platform that powers real-time analytics and machine learning applications by simultaneously executing low-latency, high-throughput, and highly concurrent workloads.Ultra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.High performant column-oriented DBMS for analytic workloads using MySQL or PostgreSQL as a frontend
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.22
Rank#309  Overall
#139  Relational DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.96
Rank#194  Overall
#91  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.featurebase.comwww.harperdb.ioignitetech.com/­softwarelibrary/­infobrightdb
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.featurebase.comdocs.harperdb.io/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffMolecula and Pilosa Open Source ContributorsHarperDBIgnite Technologies Inc.; formerly InfoBright Inc.
Initial release2014201720172005
Current release2022, May 20223.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercialcommercial infofree community edition availablecommercial infoThe open source (GPLv2) version did not support inserts/updates/deletes and was discontinued with July 2016
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptGoNode.jsC
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
macOS
Linux
OS X
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesdynamic schemayes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes infoJSON data 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 indexesnonoyesno infoKnowledge Grid Technology used instead
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL queriesSQL-like data manipulation statementsyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIgRPC
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJava
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
.Net
C
C#
C++
D
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1no
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusternone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageyesAtomic execution of specific operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyes, using Linux fsyncyes, using LMDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard infoexploiting MySQL or PostgreSQL frontend capabilities

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