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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Greenplum vs. Machbase Neo vs. StarRocks vs. TiDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonGreenplum  Xexclude from comparisonMachbase Neo infoFormer name was Infiniflux  Xexclude from comparisonStarRocks  Xexclude from comparisonTiDB  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.TimeSeries DBMS for AIoT and BigDataAn open source, high-performance columnar analytical database that enables real-time, multi-dimensional, and highly concurrent data analytics infoForked from Apache DorisTiDB is an open source distributed SQL database that supports Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing (HTAP) workloads. It is MySQL compatible and features horizontal scalability, strong consistency, and high availability.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Document store
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
Score0.12
Rank#339  Overall
#30  Time Series DBMS
Score1.04
Rank#189  Overall
#88  Relational DBMS
Score4.66
Rank#70  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orggreenplum.orgmachbase.comwww.starrocks.iopingcap.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.greenplum.orgmachbase.com/­dbmsdocs.starrocks.io/­en-us/­latest/­introduction/­StarRocks_introdocs.pingcap.com/­tidb/­stable
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffPivotal Software Inc.MachbaseThe Linux Foundation infosince Feb 2023PingCAP, Inc.
Initial release20142005201320202016
Current release7.0.0, September 2023V8.0, August 20232.5.3, March 20238.0.0, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree test version availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptCC++, JavaGo, Rust
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
LinuxLinux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes
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.yesSQL-like query languageyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
gRPC
HTTP REST
JDBC
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
JDBC
MySQL protocol
GORM
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
SQLAlchemy
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
Java
Perl
Python
R
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
PHP infovia ODBC
Python
R infovia ODBC
Scala
JavaAda
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnouser defined functionsno
Triggersyesyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardinghorizontal partitioning (by range and hash)horizontal partitioning (by key range)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationselectable replication factorUsing Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonoyes infowith TiSpark Connector
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonoyes infofull support since version 6.6
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesnoyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes infovolatile and lookup tablenono
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardsimple password-based access controlRole based access control and fine grained access rightsFine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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AlaSQLGreenplumMachbase Neo infoFormer name was InfinifluxStarRocksTiDB
Specific characteristicsTiDB is an advanced open-source, distributed SQL database for modern application...
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Competitive advantages- HORIZONTAL SCALING : TiDB grants total transparency into your data workloads without...
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Typical application scenariosTiDB is ideal for transactional applications that require extreme scalability and...
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Key customersBlock, Pinterest, Catalyst, Bolt, Flipkart, Capcom, Shopee (E-commerce), JD Cloud...
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Market metrics34K+ GitHub stars 5K+ members in TiDB Community Slack 1K+ community contributors...
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Licensing and pricing modelsTiDB Community : Free open source software (Apache 2.0) TiDB Self-Hosted : Enterprise...
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