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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Google Cloud Datastore vs. GridDB vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. SingleStore

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Google Cloud Datastore vs. GridDB vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. SingleStore

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Datastore  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAutomatically scaling NoSQL Database as a Service (DBaaS) on the Google Cloud PlatformScalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentMySQL wire-compliant distributed RDBMS that combines an in-memory row-oriented and a disc-based column-oriented storage with patented universal storage to handle transactional and analytical workloads in one single table type
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document storeTime Series DBMSSearch engineRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Vector DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score4.47
Rank#76  Overall
#12  Document stores
Score1.95
Rank#128  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score5.59
Rank#63  Overall
#7  Search engines
Score5.60
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgcloud.google.com/­datastoregriddb.netazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchwww.singlestore.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlcloud.google.com/­datastore/­docsdocs.griddb.netlearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchdocs.singlestore.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffGoogleToshiba CorporationMicrosoftSingleStore Inc.
Initial release20142008201320152013
Current release5.1, August 2022V18.5, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availablecommercialcommercial infofree developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++C++, Go
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedLinuxhostedLinux info64 bit version required
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes, details hereyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampyesyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like query language (GQL)SQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)noyes infobut no triggers and foreign keys
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIgRPC (using protocol buffers) API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP APICluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnousing Google App Enginenonoyes
TriggersyesCallbacks using the Google Apps Engineyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSharding infohash partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication using PaxosSource-replica replicationyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infousing Google Cloud DataflowConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsnono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculations
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on type of query and configuration infoStrong Consistency is default for entity lookups and queries within an Entity Group (but can instead be made eventually consistent). Other queries are always eventual consistent.Immediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infovia ReferenceProperties or Ancestor pathsnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACID infoSerializable Isolation within Transactions, Read Committed outside of TransactionsACID at container levelnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesyes infoAll updates are persistent, including those to disk-based columnstores and memory-based row stores. Transaction commits are supported via write-ahead log.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)Access rights for users can be defined per databaseyes infousing Azure authenticationFine grained access control via users, groups and roles
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AlaSQLGoogle Cloud DatastoreGridDBMicrosoft Azure AI SearchSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL
Specific characteristicsGridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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SingleStore offers a fully-managed , distributed, highly-scalable SQL database designed...
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Competitive advantages1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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SingleStore’s competitive advantages include: Easy and Simplified Architecture with...
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Typical application scenariosFactory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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Driving Fast Analytics: SingleStore delivers the fastest and most scalable reporting...
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Key customersDenso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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IEX Cloud : Improves Financial Data Distribution Speed 15x with Singlestore DB Comcast,...
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Market metricsGitHub trending repository
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Customers in various industries worldwide including US and International Industry...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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F ree Tier and Enterprise Edition
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