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

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.GridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache IgniteUltra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.WakandaDB 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 DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Document storeObject oriented DBMS
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score1.47
Rank#154  Overall
#26  Key-value stores
#72  Relational DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.03
Rank#364  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.geomesa.orgwww.gridgain.comwww.harperdb.iowakanda.github.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlwww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmldocs.harperdb.io/­docswakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffCCRi and othersGridGain Systems, Inc.HarperDBWakanda SAS
Initial release20142014200720172012
Current release4.0.5, February 2024GridGain 8.5.13.1, August 20212.7.0 (AprilĀ 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercialcommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptScalaJava, C++, .NetNode.jsC++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesdynamic schemayes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes infoJSON data typesyes
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.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLSQL-like data manipulation statementsno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIHDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)Custom Functions infosince release 3.1yes
Triggersyesnoyes (cache interceptors and events)noyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonedepending on storage layerShardingA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusternone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonedepending on storage layeryes (replicated cache)yes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definednone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)nono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonedepending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes, using LMDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesdepending on storage layeryesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsAccess rights for users and rolesyes

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