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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Firebolt vs. GBase vs. JaguarDB vs. Lovefield

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Firebolt vs. GBase vs. JaguarDB vs. Lovefield

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonFirebolt  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonJaguarDB  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryHighly scalable cloud data warehouse and analytics product infoForked from ClickhouseWidely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.Performant, highly scalable DBMS for AI and IoT applicationsEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScript
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#140  Overall
#63  Relational DBMS
Score1.05
Rank#186  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#381  Overall
#59  Key-value stores
#13  Vector DBMS
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.firebolt.iowww.gbase.cnwww.jaguardb.comgoogle.github.io/­lovefield
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.firebolt.iowww.jaguardb.com/­support.htmlgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.md
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffFirebolt Analytics Inc.General Data Technology Co., Ltd.DataJaguar, Inc.Google
Initial release20142020200420152014
Current releaseGBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c3.3 July 20232.1.12, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL V3.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC, Java, PythonC++ infothe server part. Clients available in other languagesJavaScript
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedLinuxLinuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesyes
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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesStandard with numerous extensionsA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infobut no views, foreign keys, triggersSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder pattern
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript API.Net
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptGo
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functionsnono
TriggersyesnoyesnoUsing read-only observers
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonedepending on storage layeryesMulti-source replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Database
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes infousing MemoryDB
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyesrights management via user accountsno

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