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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. GeoMesa vs. Google Cloud Datastore vs. GridGain vs. WakandaDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. GeoMesa vs. Google Cloud Datastore vs. GridGain vs. WakandaDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Datastore  Xexclude from comparisonGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Automatically scaling NoSQL Database as a Service (DBaaS) on the Google Cloud PlatformGridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache IgniteWakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Spatial DBMSDocument storeKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Object oriented 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
Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score4.47
Rank#76  Overall
#12  Document stores
Score1.47
Rank#154  Overall
#26  Key-value stores
#72  Relational DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#364  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.geomesa.orgcloud.google.com/­datastorewww.gridgain.comwakanda.github.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlcloud.google.com/­datastore/­docswww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmlwakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffCCRi and othersGoogleGridGain Systems, Inc.Wakanda SAS
Initial release20142014200820072012
Current release4.0.5, February 2024GridGain 8.5.12.7.0 (April 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercialcommercialOpen Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptScalaJava, C++, .NetC++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes, details hereyesyes
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.nononoyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noSQL-like query language (GQL)ANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIgRPC (using protocol buffers) API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonousing Google App Engineyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)yes
TriggersyesnoCallbacks using the Google Apps Engineyes (cache interceptors and events)yes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonedepending on storage layerShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonedepending on storage layerMulti-source replication using Paxosyes (replicated cache)none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyes infousing Google Cloud Dataflowyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)no
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonedepending on storage layerImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on type of query and configuration infoStrong Consistency is default for entity lookups and queries within an Entity Group (but can instead be made eventually consistent). Other queries are always eventual consistent.Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes infovia ReferenceProperties or Ancestor pathsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACID infoSerializable Isolation within Transactions, Read Committed outside of TransactionsACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.yesdepending on storage layernoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)Security Hooks for custom implementationsyes

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