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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Greenplum vs. SpaceTime vs. SpatiaLite

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Greenplum vs. SpaceTime vs. SpatiaLite

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonGreenplum  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  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.SpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.Spatial extension of SQLite
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSSpatial DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score8.08
Rank#48  Overall
#31  Relational DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#392  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Score1.63
Rank#146  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Websitealasql.orggreenplum.orgwww.mireo.com/­spacetimewww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­index
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.greenplum.orgwww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.html
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffPivotal Software Inc.MireoAlessandro Furieri
Initial release2014200520202008
Current release7.0.0, September 20235.0.0, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxLinuxserver-less
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes
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 4.2nono
Secondary indexesnoyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesA subset of ANSI SQL is implementedyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
Java
Perl
Python
R
C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnono
Triggersyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingFixed-grid hypercubesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationReal-time block device replication (DRBD)none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDnoACID
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.yesnonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesno

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