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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. GeoMesa vs. Greenplum vs. GridGain vs. WakandaDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonGreenplum  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.Analytic Database platform built on PostgreSQL. Full name is Pivotal Greenplum Database infoA logical database in Greenplum is an array of individual PostgreSQL databases working together to present a single database image.GridGain 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 DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score8.37
Rank#48  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Score1.47
Rank#154  Overall
#26  Key-value stores
#72  Relational DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#364  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.geomesa.orggreenplum.orgwww.gridgain.comwakanda.github.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmldocs.greenplum.orgwww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmlwakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffCCRi and othersPivotal Software Inc.GridGain Systems, Inc.Wakanda SAS
Initial release20142014200520072012
Current release4.0.5, February 20247.0.0, September 2023GridGain 8.5.12.7.0 (AprilĀ 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptScalaJava, C++, .NetC++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
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.nonoyes infosince Version 4.2yesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noyesANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
Java
Perl
Python
R
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyesyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)yes
Triggersyesnoyesyes (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 layerSource-replica replicationyes (replicated cache)none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)no
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonedepending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACIDACIDACID
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 storagefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsyes

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