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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Firebird vs. GigaSpaces vs. Rockset vs. STSdb

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Firebird vs. GigaSpaces vs. Rockset vs. STSdb

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonFirebird  Xexclude from comparisonGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryFirebird is an open source RDBMS forked from Borland's InterBaseHigh performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Document storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Search engine
Relational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score20.82
Rank#30  Overall
#18  Relational DBMS
Score0.97
Rank#192  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Websitealasql.orgwww.firebirdsql.orgwww.gigaspaces.comrockset.comgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.firebirdsql.org/­en/­reference-manualsdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmldocs.rockset.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffFirebird FoundationGigaspaces TechnologiesRocksetSTS Soft SC
Initial release20142000 infoAs fork of Borland's InterBase200020192011
Current release5.0.0, January 202415.5, September 20204.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoInitial Developer's Public LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availablecommercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC and C++Java, C++, .NetC++C#
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
server-less infoFirebird Embedded Server
Solaris
Unix
Windows
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
hostedWindows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesdynamic typingyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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.nono infoXML can be used for describing objects metadatano infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesnoyesyesall fields are automatically indexedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesSQL-99 for query and DML statementsRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIADO.NET
C/C++ API
JDBC infoJaybird
ODBC
OLE DB
GigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
HTTP REST.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoPSQLyesnono
Triggersyesyesyes, event driven architecturenono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingAutomatic shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
yesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoFeatures a multi-generational MVCC architecture, readers do not block writersyesyesyes
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.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptRole-based access controlAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleno

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