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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Firebolt vs. XTDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonFirebolt  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryHighly scalable cloud data warehouse and analytics product infoForked from ClickhouseA general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score1.90
Rank#134  Overall
#62  Relational DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#343  Overall
#46  Document stores
Websitealasql.orgwww.firebolt.iogithub.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.firebolt.iowww.xtdb.com/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffFirebolt Analytics Inc.Juxt Ltd.
Initial release201420202019
Current release1.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScriptClojure
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedAll OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes, extensible-data-notation format
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
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yeslimited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript API.Net
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptGo
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Clojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonedepending on storage layeryes, each node contains all data
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlno

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