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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. jBASE vs. MonetDB vs. mSQL

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. jBASE vs. MonetDB vs. mSQL

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryGoogle's NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareA relational database management system that stores data in columnsmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value store
Wide column store
Multivalue DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score3.15
Rank#95  Overall
#14  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score1.49
Rank#156  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#141  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Score1.27
Rank#169  Overall
#76  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgcloud.google.com/­bigtablewww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasewww.monetdb.orghughestech.com.au/­products/­msql
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlcloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docsdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9www.monetdb.org/­Documentation
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffGoogleRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)MonetDB BVHughes Technologies
Initial release20142015199120041994
Current release5.7Dec2023 (11.49), December 20234.4, October 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0commercial infofree licenses can be provided
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptCC
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedAIX
Linux
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonooptionalyesyes
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesnonoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggers
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIgRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyesyes, in SQL, C, Rno
Triggersyesnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingSharding via remote tablesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneInternal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zonesyesnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate consistency (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)none
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageAtomic single-row operationsACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesno
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.yesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)Access rights can be defined down to the item levelfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno

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