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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. GeoMesa vs. Prometheus vs. Yaacomo

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. GeoMesa vs. Prometheus vs. Yaacomo

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonPrometheus  Xexclude from comparisonYaacomo  Xexclude from comparison
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DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Open-source Time Series DBMS and monitoring systemOpenCL based in-memory RDBMS, designed for efficiently utilizing the hardware via parallel computing
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Spatial DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score7.69
Rank#50  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.geomesa.orgprometheus.ioyaacomo.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlprometheus.io/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffCCRi and othersQ2WEB GmbH
Initial release2014201420152009
Current release5.0.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptScalaGo
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Windows
Android
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesNumeric data onlyyes
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.nonono infoImport of XML data possibleno
Secondary indexesnoyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nonoyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIRESTful HTTP/JSON APIJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
C++
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono
Triggersyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonedepending on storage layerShardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonedepending on storage layeryes infoby FederationSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonedepending on storage layernoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenonoACID
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 layernoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagenofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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