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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. GeoMesa vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. Pinecone

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. GeoMesa vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. Pinecone

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Search-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentA managed, cloud-native vector database
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Spatial DBMSSearch engineVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score5.52
Rank#59  Overall
#6  Search engines
Score3.23
Rank#92  Overall
#2  Vector DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.geomesa.orgazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchwww.pinecone.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmllearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchdocs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overview
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffCCRi and othersMicrosoftPinecone Systems, Inc
Initial release2014201420152019
Current release5.0.0, May 2024V1
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesyes
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Implementation languageJavaScriptScala
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedhosted
Data schemeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesString, Number, Boolean
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nonono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIRESTful HTTP APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
Java
JavaScript
Python
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonedepending on storage layerSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonedepending on storage layeryes infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonedepending on storage layerImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesdepending on storage layernono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageyes infousing Azure authentication

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