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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Greenplum vs. GridDB vs. H2 vs. Machbase Neo

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonGreenplum  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonMachbase Neo infoFormer name was Infiniflux  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAnalytic Database platform built on PostgreSQL. Full name is Pivotal Greenplum Database infoA logical database in Greenplum is an array of individual PostgreSQL databases working together to present a single database image.Scalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.TimeSeries DBMS for AIoT and BigData
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Key-value store
Relational DBMS
Spatial 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
Score8.37
Rank#48  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Score1.95
Rank#128  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score8.13
Rank#49  Overall
#31  Relational DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#339  Overall
#30  Time Series DBMS
Websitealasql.orggreenplum.orggriddb.netwww.h2database.commachbase.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.greenplum.orgdocs.griddb.netwww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmlmachbase.com/­dbms
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffPivotal Software Inc.Toshiba CorporationThomas MuellerMachbase
Initial release20142005201320052013
Current release7.0.0, September 20235.1, August 20222.2.220, July 2023V8.0, August 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availableOpen Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)commercial infofree test version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++JavaC
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxLinuxAll OS with a Java VMLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes 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.noyes infosince Version 4.2nonono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)yesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
ODBC
gRPC
HTTP REST
JDBC
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
Java
Perl
Python
R
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaC
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
PHP infovia ODBC
Python
R infovia ODBC
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnoJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined Functionsno
Triggersyesyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databaseselectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACID at container levelACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesno
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesyesyes infovolatile and lookup table
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users can be defined per databasefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardsimple password-based access control
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AlaSQLGreenplumGridDBH2Machbase Neo infoFormer name was Infiniflux
Specific characteristicsGridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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Competitive advantages1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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Typical application scenariosFactory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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Key customersDenso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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Market metricsGitHub trending repository
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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